Following the earlier event with Chris on the field, Miles was regarded in a whole new level of esteem.

While at the cafeteria, many casually tried to spark a conversation but Miles responded mildly, showing that he wasn’t interested in expanding his circle with the same gender.

He caught a lot of girls staring at him but they didn’t seem to mind and made their interest much more obvious.

’So many chicks.’

Miles thought, suddenly realizing he had nowhere to taste each of these girls.

Hannah was home and so were his sisters, neither Saturday nor Sunday would work out since he would be mostly occupied. Currently he had to attend the boys sleepover at Simon’s house on Saturday night.

’Maybe they should invite me over instead.’ He had a sudden idea.

’Home study should be a good excuse. This is going to be a lot of fun.’ While thinking about it he marked his first target, Lena.

Not long after, the break ended and they all went back to class.

During lessons, he noted Britney wanted to relate with him. Her body signal said so much but Miles ignored them.

Britney became inwardly furious but knew there was nothing she could do. Now that Daniel, her link to the social elites in the school had cut her off. She needed someone known to latch onto, Miles was the perfect choice, but his previous interest towards her after what they did seemed to have vanished.

’I need him no matter what.’ she told herself.

_

Meanwhile, Miles had his table more than filled, he was supposed to deal with Daniel today but the situation in Hannah’s workplace caused him to change plans.

After searching for the Lume Horizon corporate structure which was made public, he more or less knew who it was that wanted to get a piece of his stepmother and the discovery left him pissed.

He checked into the person’s biography and found several other pieces of information, like where he lived and family relationships so he could conceive a decisive plan.

Ding! Ding!...

The electric bell came to life, signalling it was closing time.

The whole school buzzed into chaos.

Staying in his seat, Miles silently watched his target leave before tagging behind.

"Excuse me for a moment Theo." He whispered, tapping Theo by the shoulder before walking past him.

In the buzzing hallway, completely packed with students trying to escape the educational jail, Lena was heading to her locker while speaking to her friends when suddenly a hand lightly tapped her shoulders.

’Huh?’

Instantly furrowing her brows, she and the girls spun their heads to see who it was, only for a fresh breeze carrying his light cologne to wash their faces, causing them to enter a dazed state.

One, two, three... it was only when Miles revealed a sharp smile did they manage to recover and wanted to hide their faces in embarrassment.

"Hey." Miles initiated the conversation, his eyes directed at Lena so the other girls would know.

Taken by surprise, Lena, who had given up hope in becoming Miles’ girlfriend after his recent explosive fame, quickly composed herself and waved her hair behind her ears.

" Hi Max." She happily replied, showcasing her two striking dimples.

Miles nodded, charming her.

"I don’t know if you mind, but I have been thinking of a place to study and a beautiful study partner too. What do you say?"

Nudging his shoulder to readjust his backpack at the end, he composedly let her pick the hints in his words.

Sure enough, after revealing a stunned look, Lena proved just how high her IQ is in this kind of matters.

" Oh, yeah...Well, if you also don’t mind? I can be your study partner..." Drawing her words, she paused and hinted at the latter part with a smile.

" That’ll be cool.

I happen to have your number." While speaking, Miles flashed her a phone call.

Lena glanced at her phone and saw the missed call pop up.

"When you’re ready... I’ll be there." He added.

Lena nodded with a smile.

" Okay, bye." She leaned forward.

Having no other choice, Miles gave her a light hug that instantly attracted a lot of attention.

Lena’s friends looked stunned.

" Bye." Miles muttered as he let go.

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Seeing the sight, Alice fumed without realizing and kept walking.

Whilst, Britney, attending to her locker not far away felt a deep pang of regret for acting stubborn when Miles wanted her.

" That bitch." She muttered, nudging Daisy beside her not to stare at Miles for too long.

In truth, they both regretted it.

_

Theo, wanting to tail Miles, stopped when he saw him talking to Lena and waited.

_

’Easy.’

This was how easy it was to bed a girl who wanted you. No talking stage, convincing, just mutual understanding.

Regrouping with Theo, they head to find Simon and Oliver.

It didn’t take long to find the two, but they surprisingly found them talking to two girls. One each from the look of it.

" No way." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Beside Miles, Theo whispered in disbelief.

The two girls were nerds, both wearing glasses and having freckles scattered across their faces. One had black curly hair and the other hand a rough ginger hair colour.

" Lucky bastards."

As someone from the future, Miles knew what this truly meant. However he didn’t harbour the thoughts of stealing them from his dear friends.

They didn’t intrude but waited patiently for the four nerds to be done.

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Minutes later, Miles walked with the group while headed towards the bus when a car’s repeated horn caught his attention.

"Miles!"

Josephine called out to him from afar, standing right outside Hannah’s car and waved for him.

"Shit guys, my mom is here. Wanna tag along?"

Miles told the group he sighted Hannah in the car.

Theo, Simon and Oliver weren’t unfamiliar with Hannah since they often slept over in turns. So after a brief exchange of glances, they changed direction towards the black AMG.

"Hello mom."

"Good day Mrs Sinclair."

"Welcome boys."

When they got to the car, Miles greeted. Theo, Simon and Oliver echoing the same words as they slid into the back seats.

Whilst, Miles tried to open the front door but Josephine teasingly hindered him.

"Awnnn, look at the mighty hero, he can’t even open the door."

"Well, suit yourself."

Unwilling to tarnish his aura, Miles pocketed his hands and stared at her.

Inside the car, Hannah smiled at them.

" You’re no fun at all." Josephine pouted and turned to Hannah.

" Hehehe- I’ve got a big bundle of news to share." Josephine said, laughing a little.

" You know I’m all ears baby." Hannah responded, knowing it was probably something related to Miles.

However, before Josephine could speak again.

" Jose!" A loud call interrupted her. Tilting to look behind, they saw a girl waving from her car.

"Crap, I need to go now mom. I’ll be back soon." She said and darted off.

Finally, Miles pulled the door handle and settled down with a relieved sigh feeling the cool air from the AC.

From behind, Theo, Simon and Oliver quickly initiated a conversation regarding the hot atmosphere, then proceeded to Climate variability and Global warming.

Switching to full geek mode, a group of innocent, sweet teens.

Of course this caused Hannah to smile, like any mother would seeing her child being involved in intelligent conversation with brilliant minds.

’Pretentious bastards.’

Miles wanted a face palm knowing fully well that if they had taken the bus they would be talking about girls and Rachael’s upcoming party.

More than half an hour later, Miles was in the car alone with Hannah as they drove up after dropping off Simon.

"So... how was your day?"

Hannah asked.

" It was fine, good too." Miles replied, easing the awkwardness before they resumed the silence.

Not long after they got home.

_______

Meanwhile, somewhere else.

" So you trashed the opportunity I gave you?"

A voice coldly said over the phone, pricking the ears of those who heard it.

Inside the car’s interior, Kelvin, Tyler, Ben and Chris frowned, holding back their displeasure.

Chris closed his eyes for a moment before replying.

"I’m sorry but I think we might have a big problem. The previous Miles is dead and the one before us now is definitely an imposter."

The voice over the other end fell silent, seemingly contemplating before speaking again.

" Hmm, okay. Find his body then and make sure you burn any traces." He said , cutting the line off.

The four exchange a silent glance, their faces turning grim and heavy.

No one wanted things to become this way, they were just high school bullies. Unfortunately there was no turning back now.

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Zzzz! Zzzz!

Just coming back from the bathroom, Miles heard his phone ring and picked it up.

It was Grace.

"Carolina wants to book your service today, are you available?" she spoke neutrally.

"No, I’m going to be busy today, tomorrow maybe." Miles replied, getting dressed.

"Okay then " Grace didn’t press further and ended the line.

The next moment Miles received a new text.