Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 685

Everyone's eyes immediately locked onto Mira.

Even though Xavier's terrifyingly submissive behavior had basically confirmed it, hearing it out loud still felt utterly surreal.

Mira nodded casually, though she deliberately avoided giving them any specific details about the company's operations.

Recognizing her silence as a boundary, the group tactfully dropped the subject.

"I just still can't get over the fact that Piper's big-shot boyfriend was one of my own hires. What are the odds?" she mused.

Truthfully, when Elara had first mentioned how incredibly successful Piper's new guy was, Mira had even briefly considered poaching him for Solflare.

She hadn't expected the guy to already be on her payroll.

With the toxic presence of the neighboring table finally gone, Harvey flagged down a waiter to order another round of appetizers. "Drinks are on me tonight! Let's celebrate!"

The rest of the dinner was filled with loud laughter and great food. On the walk back to the Aethelgard University campus, Wyatt and the guys turned to Mira. "Hey, do you think there's any chance we could get jobs at your company after we graduate?"

"Wait, I thought your family already owned a massive corporation?" Mira asked Wyatt.

"I don't need to manage my family's business, and honestly, I don't even want to step foot in it.

My parents are still young, and my brother is already handling everything anyway."

Mira nodded in understanding. "Well, my company is expanding rapidly, and we're always desperate for top-tier software engineers. If you guys want to come on board after graduation, the door is open.

But let me be perfectly clear: your titles and your salaries will be strictly based on your actual performance.

Because we're friends, I'll make sure you get placed in a department where your skills won't go to waste, but the internal promotions and performance reviews are entirely up to you.

You're going to have to hustle hard and prove your worth every single day.

Harvey actually holds some equity in the firm too, so if you have any questions about the corporate structure, you can always ask him."

When the girls finally made it back to their dorm room, Vanessa and Jillian Lowe were already tucked into bed, though the constant sound of them aggressively tossing and turning proved they were wide awake.

To Mira's relief, Harvey and the guys kept their mouths shut about her tech company over the following days. Not a single rumor leaked onto the Aethelgard Social Forum.

Obviously, Vanessa and Piper hadn't dared to mention it either.

Their silence was incredibly easy to understand: leaking the truth would only skyrocket Mira's popularity and make her an absolute campus legend, which was the last thing her enemies wanted.

The next day, amidst her usual grueling class schedule, Mira officially dove into the live-trading phase of the competition.

She had spent several hours the night before meticulously building a watchlist of high-potential assets.

Based on her proprietary market research and aggressive data analysis, she had narrowed her focus down to five key tickers.

However, pulling the trigger on any specific trade would entirely depend on the chaotic reality of the morning's opening bell.

While her innate intuition for the market's broader trends gave her a massive advantage, simply relying on absolute certainties would defeat the entire purpose of the challenge.