Taboo Stepson System-Chapter 56: Corporate Politics

"Humphh, approaching him now would simply draw the wrong scenarios. Not when these wannabe famous girls are planning to be his girlfriend."

Alice huffed and turned her gaze away.

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Meeting Daniel and Britney’s gazes, Miles let out a small smile. It was obvious, Britney seemed a bit scared of him.

" Could you please step out of the way my Royal Highnesses."

A sarcastic tone came from behind the door, causing laughter to erupt and the duo to move out of the way.

Mr Gabriel.

"Good morning students."

Mr Gabriel greeted out loud, seemingly in a happy mood as he promptly turned to the board.

(Geometry, trigonometry, and estimation.)

Before the class could wallow in confusion, he turned, smiling brightly.

"Good news, boys and girls. We’ll be going on an excursion."

Instantly the class erupted into cheers and a round of applause in jubilation.

"Okay, okay, calm down guys. We’ll just be halfway across the city. The Kingstone Group is working on a new building construction .

It’s quite lucky to say we’ve been granted permission to observe the application of mathematics in construction. This way some of you can take time to observe your career choices."

Another series of applause followed.

With so much joy written on everyone’s faces, a clueless person might think they were all exhilarated to learn. But no, it was the thought that they would all miss boring lessons in a four corners room to sight see a construction site that made them excited.

Miles was no exception, he exhaled and relaxed his shoulders, tilting his head towards Britney with a smile.

As though sensing his gaze, she turned towards him with cautiousness in her eyes.

"Here."

Miles whispered and sneakily threw a piece of paper on her desk without being noticed.

Britney raised her brows and picked it up, with Daniel’s traumatized crash out still vivid in her mind, she tried to believe his words.

Having learnt her lesson from the last time, Britney didn’t let Daisy see the paper and secretly unwrapped it while the class was still cheering.

’An SD Card?’

Recognising what the thin rectangular thing was, Britney’s heart skipped, a sense of premonition blooming in her heart. She quickly HUD it and noticed that there was something written on the paper.

’Still want to fuck that asshole?’

She turned to him and saw the wicked taunt in his eyes.

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Meanwhile, far away.

In a cold wide space of obsidian and glass, an office, dominated by a massive marble desk that seemed to swallow the morning light streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows that granted the grand view of Dominic City.

"Sorry? What did you say sir?"

The cold indignation of a woman who had worked her butt off and sacrificed a good chunk of her life in order to serve the company, sliced through the air with anger and regret bubbling within her.

Standing before the bloated flesh of a man in an expensive suit who sat behind the marble desk and munching a big chunk of hot dog with blatant disregard for the sauce dripping messily down his fingers; was a statuesque silhouette possessing an hourglass figure and an upright posture. Dressed in sharp executive tailored attire that modestly covered her body yet unable to dull her charm; naturally if Miles was here, he would instantly recognise her as his stepmother, Hannah Sinclair.

"Yes Mrs Sinclair, you heard me right. I wasn’t mistaken."

Augustus Crowe, the Senior Managing Director of Lume Horizon sneered cockily, his lecherous gaze boldly roaming Hannah as he licked his lips, and munched on the hotdog like he intended to do to her.

Seeing this, Hannah trembled silently in rage. As a woman who had traversed the complicated hierarchy circle of a company such as Lume Horizon for years, she had learnt to swallow all sorts of discrimination and handle sexual harassment that came her way, but today, it seemed like her luck had run out.

As if enjoying the stifled look of rage on her face, Augustus smiled creepily.

"I’ll admit you’re a tough one Hannah. You’ve held on for a long time. I checked, the constant resignation of Senior Managing Directors was no coincidence.

You are so stubborn that every branch Senior Directors know of you. I heard you even rejected the CEO’S proposal.

Honestly, you’re such a naive bitch and I don’t care if you’ve worked your life for this company. You’re either going to do what I say or lose your job. Remember you have just two days to think about."

Augustus Crowe might be a fat ugly bastard, but beneath that mass of flesh was a twisted cunning soul riddled with gluttony, greed and lust.

Having lost her pieces in the corporate politics, Hannah knew she was defenceless against Augustus who was related to the founder of the company. If things truly came to it, she would rather die than choose to offer and become a toy to those men.

"We shall see."

Swallowing her misgivings and rage, Hannah calmly strode out of the office.

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Back in Dominion High.

Ding! Ding!

The moment the electronic bell rang that it was time for lunch break, Miles passed a paper to Theo with a clear message that he won’t be coming to the cafeteria today.

A few minutes later, in the girls’ restroom, Britney entered a stall, pulled out the small SD card, and carefully inserted it into her phone.

" Hmmmm- Hmmmm..."

The video started by casting a familiar face, her face.

She was lying on her back, her shirt and bra were pulled up exposing her boobs.

Britney instantly paused the video, a wave of panic setting in.

"Daniel..." she whispered in disbelief, feeling deeply hurt and an overwhelming sense of regret.

But then she recalled Miles’ words yesterday. He was the one behind this, if he had gone through the trouble of giving her an SD Card, then there must be a catch, a message he wanted to pass on.

Searching through the card storage, Britney didn’t find anything , so she replayed the video.

"Meet me..."