My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 271

Chapter 271

“Maybe your internal clock is just as broken as your personality,” she called back.

“Or maybe,” I countered, “you were so busy losing your mind that you lost track of time altogether. It’s a common side effect of actually being satisfied for once. Don’t worry, I won’t charge you for the overtime.”

Her attention shifted suddenly. In the corner of the room, standing under a bright spotlight, was the prototype 1 had been building for months. It was a sleek, silver-and-black robot, shaped roughly like a human but with smooth, high-tech plating and glowing blue sensors. Gianna stopped in her tracks, her mouth falling open.

“Oh my god, Raphael,” she whispered, her eyes shining like stars. She stepped closer, reaching out a hand but stopping just before she touched the metallic surface, “Is this it? Is this the new AI model?”

“The X-9 variant,” I said distractedly. I had already turned back to my desk, my fingers flying across the keyboard, “It’s built for high-speed pursuit in urban environments.”

“It’s beautiful,” she breathed, leaning in to look at the intricate wiring visible through the clear chest plate, “How does it move? Does it use hydraulic pumps or a new type of motor? And the sensors, are they heat-seeking or movement-based?”

“Both,” I muttered, my eyes fixed on a second monitor. My mind had already moved on to the next task. I was setting up the next hunt. I was marking exit routes, camera blind spots, and timing.

“Raphael, the joint on the elbow,” she said, her voice filled with excitement. “How did you get the rotation so smooth?”

“Carbon-fiber ball bearings,” I answered, clicking through a series of encrypted files.

Gianna’s brow furrowed. She finally noticed that I wasn’t sharing her enthusiasm for the tech. She walked over to the desk, her eyes drifting from my face to the documents spread out across the workspace.

“What are you even doing?” she asked.

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