Algorithm

Miles in Over His Head

Miles's initial shock gave way to intrigue. He had spent so long fighting to be noticed—what if this was his chance to be a player in something bigger than himself? Fame had always been his goal, and now, he had stumbled upon a way to wield real power. Rather than turning the information over to the authorities, he made the decision to join the game. After all, it was too dangerous to walk away now.

The deeper he went, the more he uncovered: Arthur Chow, another top Wattpad exec, was laundering money from these operations through literary contests and digital ad revenue streams. Grace Cheng, the public face of the company, was simultaneously negotiating multi-million dollar deals in the tech industry while brokering arms sales to Middle Eastern insurgents. They weren't just Wattpad's executives; they were orchestrating global crime under the guise of running a platform for aspiring writers.

It didn't take long before they found out that Miles was snooping around. Instead of threatening him, they invited him in.

A Dangerous Invitation

It started small—cryptic emails, invites to exclusive chat rooms with authors who seemed far too connected for their modest readerships. Soon, Miles found himself invited to private meetings, hosted by Myrna Lau, the Chief Criminal Architect of Wattpad's global operations. Under the guise of "business development," Myrna introduced him to a world that he'd only ever written about in his wildest fantasies. The underbelly of Wattpad wasn't just real; it was far more dangerous than he could have imagined.

Irvin Lo, the quiet yet omnipresent CTO, spoke with precision about encrypted communications being funneled through trending Wattpad stories. "Each one of those top ten stories you envy," Irvin explained, "isn't there because of good writing. It's there because of what it contains. Codes for weapon shipments, narcotics transactions, human trafficking routes."

Adelina Soo, the glamorous yet enigmatic COO, was pulling strings internationally, working with contacts from European mafia bosses to corrupt government officials in the Middle East. When Miles finally met her in a dimly lit penthouse bar, her cold, calculating demeanor sent chills down his spine. "You wanted fame?" she asked, her voice smooth but icy. "Now you have something better—power."

Miles knew he was in too deep. But by then, he didn't care. He had come too far, learned too much. There was no going back.

The Descent

As the weeks passed, Miles found himself entwined in the dark world he had once only written about. He attended meetings in hidden boardrooms where deals were made that could destabilize entire regions. Grace Cheng smiled as she discussed drug shipments as casually as one might talk about the weather. Arthur Chow shared his plans to use Wattpad's upcoming fan conventions as a cover for major narcotics smuggling operations across three continents.

At first, Miles thought he could handle it—this was, after all, his shot at real success. But the paranoia grew. His life, once dominated by Wattpad stats and reader engagement, now revolved around global crime syndicates and cryptic WhatsApp messages. He was no longer writing stories. He was living one.

One evening, as he attended a lavish party hosted by Adelina Soo in Dubai, Miles felt the weight of what he had become. Surrounded by arms dealers and tech moguls, sipping champagne paid for by human misery, he realized he was in too deep. The success he had craved now felt hollow, tainted by the blood of those caught in Wattpad's dark web.

The Betrayal

It all came crashing down one rainy evening in Berlin. Miles was sitting in his hotel room, combing through the latest encrypted messages on his phone, when he heard a knock on the door. He froze. Something was wrong. His gut told him not to answer, but before he could react, the door burst open, and men in suits stormed in.

He was thrown to the floor, his laptop smashed, his files confiscated. As they bound his wrists and dragged him towards the door, one of them—a man he recognized from Myrna Lau's inner circle—leaned in close and whispered, "You've outlived your usefulness, Miles. You're a liability now."

As they hauled him away, he realized too late that he had been a pawn from the very beginning. The executives—Irvin, Myrna, Adelina, Arthur, and Grace—had played him, using his ambition and naivety to further their own ends. And now, they were erasing him from the board.

Epilogue: A Global Scandal

The next day, the news broke—Wattpad's top executives had been arrested in connection with the largest criminal takedown in history. The headlines blared with accusations of international arms deals, human trafficking, and drug operations. The platform, once a beacon for aspiring writers, was exposed as a front for global crime.

But as the world celebrated the downfall of Wattpad's criminal empire, one name was missing from the reports: Miles Long. No one knew where he had gone, or if he was even alive.

Some say he vanished into the same shadows that had consumed him, forever lost in the dark web of international espionage and betrayal. Others believe he was silenced, buried in a shallow grave, another casualty in the world of global power games.

But in the quiet corners of the internet, whispers remain—rumors of a failed writer who had flown too close to the sun and was burned by the very thing he had once worshiped.

Miles Long had wanted fame, but it was infamy that claimed him.