The Queen They Buried

Chapter 614

The food was served relatively quickly.

“Is Bowen not picking you up from work today?” Oliver asked, trying to sound casual, but there was a sharpness in his eyes. He’d run into Bowen a few times lately, and every time, it left him fuming inside.

Aubree paused, her fork halfway to her mouth. “You’re asking as if you don’t already I know exactly where he is,” she shot back.

She thought, ‘A few days ago, Oliver had backed off immediately after being rejected, and he barely put up a fight. But now, suddenly, he was acting all bold. Isn’t that because he knew Bowen was out of town on a business trip?‘

“You figured I’d have no choice but to give in with everyone pressuring me and Bowen being out of town, right?” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

She shot him a mocking look–she was honestly fed

up with him.

Oliver, pretending not to notice her irritation, put on a surprised face and asked, “Bowen… went on a business trip?

as far as I’m concerned, Bowen is my biggest obstacle at the moment. So yeah, I’m doing

me, but there’s something you should know. I don’t know if Bowen’s on a business trip

lost her appetite at his words. Her eyes locked on Oliver, trying to read

calm and unmoved, letting her stare. He was telling the

was still in

restaurant, Aubree had regained her composure. Everything lately had made her more on edge than usual. Before, even if someone had told her Bowen was hiding something, her

he had his

these doubts proved something: Alvin and

exactly are they trying to do?‘ she

she kept obsessing over whether Bowen was hiding something, she’d be walking right

she couldn’t help herself;

word and didn’t push to walk her home. Aubree took a cab back

as she got in and opened her laptop, she found an email from Vincent–he’d sent the

At first glance, nothing seemed unusual. Jacinta majored in finance at Rithol University and

her internship and was eventually offered a full–time

normal at