The Queen They Buried

Chapter 74

That morning, Ronald got up very early.

He had already made it known that Bryan was being removed from his position as chairman. Being someone whose pride and reputation were paramount, Ronald would go back on his word. He got up early to go to the company.

Daxton was also up early, seemingly waiting for Ronald. He stood by the staircase, blocking his way. “Dad, I heard you’ve been pretty interested in that Playzy platform Aubree developed.”

“Why are you asking? Don’t you usually only care about your experiment data?” Ronald adjusted his tie and shot him a sideways glance.

Daxton replied, “Family matters are important. A friend in this field found out that Aubree is my sister and shared this report. Dad, want to see it?”

Suspicious, Ronald took the envelope, opened it, and started reading. As he read, his expression shifted from delight to worry.

He asked, “Is what’s in here true?”

“Of course!” Daxton replied confidently.

This wasn’t from any so–called friend. After finding out that Aubree was behind Playzy, he had specifically hired professionals to dig this up.

Playzy had been riding high in the spotlight, but with so many streamers on the platform, it was impossible to regulate them all or ensure they had proper ethics.

The report highlighted some incidents of streamers guiding minors to spend excessively. The issue hadn’t exploded yet, but it was a ticking time bomb.

If they used this to stir things up, Aubree would be in serious trouble.

Daxton said, “Dad, no matter what, she’s a Wilson. She’s young, inexperienced, and not managing the platform well. If something serious happens, won’t

you, as her father, still have to step in and help?”

What he said matched up exactly with what Ronald had been thinking.

“But…” Ronald hesitated.

He frowned. He wanted Aubree to fall, but he didn’t want Playzy to suffer. If this scandal came to light and wasn’t handled well, the damage to Playzy

would be hard to recover from.

In his mind, both Playzy and Bree Technology already belonged to him. Any loss was his loss.

Ronald said, “This can’t be leaked for now.”

calm, calculated expression cracked. Disbelief flashed across his face. The entire purpose was to bring Aubree down, ideally to

all went down the drain,

wouldn’t just be broke. She’d lose her biggest

now, his father was saying to keep it under

Daxton blurted, then quickly tried to cover, “Dad, don’t you want this project? Wouldn’t exposing this make it

a deep look. “Daxton, you’re brilliant in academia, but you don’t understand business. Things aren’t

“I know you’ve been worried about Carmen

didn’t expect Aubree to come this far. Carmen… she’s ultimately

of them noticed the figure hiding in the

Her breathing grew rapid as she clutched her mouth tightly with

is just trash! Trash! How could trash possibly compare to

left. If her father was too soft to expose things that could damage Aubree, she would

Daxton wasn’t too fond

then left, missing one last thing that Ronald

speaking of it, Carmen doesn’t need to be that capable. We’ll give

waited for the house to empty and went to find Wendy in the

“Yes,” Wendy replied.

have Aubree’s talents. She couldn’t cook, couldn’t start a business. But Aubree was foolish.

others steal the credit.

glanced sideways at Wendy. She couldn’t make soup, but there were plenty of people in the house

was God’s Fury’s first match in the annual finals. Right after school, Aubree rushed

the coach, she had already gotten approval to

ready, so she entered through the staff passage and headed straight

is you!”

Emery appeared

lit up. “I didn’t see you with

He looked genuinely thrilled.

keep her distance. Whether he was genuinely

anymore.

you need something?

Emery wanted to say he just wanted to see

the words stuck in his throat. Emery’s eyes

him like a stranger, but he was still

a smile. “Aubree, today is

“I saw the schedule. You didn’t need to

do you want to win?” Emery looked at her with hope. “You came here after school just