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.”

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

Group invested heavily in Playzy. If it all went down the drain, Bowen’s shareholders would never allow him to

Aubree wouldn’t just be broke. She’d lose

now, his father was saying to

“Dad, don’t you want this project? Wouldn’t exposing

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

and sighed. “I know you’ve been worried about Carmen lately,

this far.

the figure

she clutched her mouth tightly with trembling

‘Aubree is just trash! Trash! How could trash possibly

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

like Daxton wasn’t too fond

left, missing one

Carmen doesn’t need to be that capable.

Wendy in the kitchen. “Wendy, help me

“Yes,” Wendy replied.

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

others steal the credit.

She couldn’t make soup, but there were plenty of people in the house who

same day was God’s Fury’s first match in the annual

coach, she had already gotten approval to be

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

you!”

appeared

“I didn’t see you with the team

He looked genuinely thrilled.

distance. Whether he was genuinely happy or

anymore.

you need

wanted to say he just wanted to

his throat. Emery’s eyes

him like a stranger, but he was still her

forced a smile. “Aubree, today is the Apex Squad versus God’s

“I saw the schedule. You

to win?” Emery looked at her with hope. “You came here after school just to watch,