Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 245

Was this girl a business prodigy?

Just how incredibly blind was Adrian Mercer to cast out a brilliant daughter like this for a useless brat like Mara?

And Wesley Scott was utterly clueless. Sadly, his own foolish daughter was dead set on the boy. There was nothing he could do but keep a closer watch on her.

In truth, keeping Mira's ownership of Solflare a secret was nearly impossible. With thousands of employees, no matter how tight the security protocols were, leaks were inevitable.

Anyone who dug deep enough would eventually uncover the truth.

The only reason it had stayed buried this long was that even if someone screamed it from the rooftops, no one would believe it.

A teenage girl pulling the strings of a multi-million-dollar empire? Preposterous.

If the Rivers men hadn't just signed legally binding contracts in her presence, they wouldn't have believed it either.

With both legal teams expediting the process, the paperwork was quickly finalized.

The twenty-story high-rise, boasting sprawling floor plans of tens of thousands of square feet per level, was valued at nearly a hundred million dollars. It was now Mira's personal property.

The Rivers family used half of that valuation to purchase six percent equity in EcoRide, with Mira, Owen, and Master Ellis each diluting their own shares by two percent.

"Can't you spare a little more?"

Harvey held the massive fifty-million-dollar check for the remaining balance, looking at it like it was toxic waste.

"No. As you can see, we were reluctant to part with even six percent. We only agreed because the office building is a critical strategic asset," Mira replied with a laugh.

Mira replied with a laugh.

Back when they first launched, Owen and Master Ellis had each fronted about sixteen million dollars for a twenty percent stake.

Now, offloading a mere two percent netted them roughly the same amount—a clean tenfold return on their initial investment.

And that didn't even factor in the massive thirty million dollar payout they each got from the stock market maneuver, plus last month's staggering dividend checks.

"What if I use this fifty million to buy equity in Solflare Entertainment?" Harvey pressed.

"Absolutely not. I'm not diluting my shares in the entertainment division."

Solflare Entertainment was currently valued at half a billion dollars. It might not have the sprawling geographic footprint of EcoRide, but it was a blue-chip asset with immense upside.

"Since you've already secured equity in EcoRide, why don't you use this fifty million to start your own venture?" Mr. Rivers suggested to his son.

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