Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 688

Mira looked completely unfazed.

"Madison's boyfriend knows Piper's boyfriend, and they both work for your company?" Leah guessed.

Mira rolled her eyes. "Is it possible they just share the same boyfriend?"

No one who made it into Aethelgard University was an idiot. After a moment of thought, Leah finally grasped the situation.

Her eyes widened in horror. "Oh my god! Are you saying that while Madison was pretending to be Piper's loyal sidekick, she was actually sleeping with her boyfriend behind her back? And this Xavier North guy was stringing them both along? How can people be so deceitful and shameless?"

Mira patted Leah's shoulder with the quiet authority of a seasoned boss. "You're still too young and naive."

"What do you mean? I'm older than you," Leah pouted.

A little while later, Xavier called Mira. "Boss Mercer, I've officially broken up with Piper."

Mira had her phone on speaker. Vanessa Voss and Jillian Lowe could hear every word perfectly from across the room, though they both pretended to be engrossed in their own business.

Leah's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "This... this..."

"That's fine. I don't micromanage my employees' private lives," Mira said coolly into the receiver. "As long as you don't break the law or do anything outrageous that damages the company's reputation, we're good."

"Understood. Thank you for the guidance, Boss Mercer. I'll be more careful from now on."

After hanging up, Mira immediately dialed Caleb Brooks, who was now heading the mobile systems division.

"Board Chair?" Caleb answered.

"I wanted to ask about that core tech guy, Xavier North. How is he doing?"

"He's solid. His technical skills are great, and he always delivers excellent work. Why the sudden interest?"

"Nothing major. I bumped into him at a restaurant yesterday, so I figured I'd check in."

When she ended the call, Leah couldn't hold back anymore. "Why didn't you tell him that Xavier was two-timing those girls?"

Instead of asking why he was there, Mira walked straight through the door and wrapped her arms around him.

Owen hugged her back, resting his chin on her head. "Are you lying to me? You haven't called me once all week."

"Not calling doesn't mean I wasn't thinking about you. You were in my heart the whole time."

She said the sweet words effortlessly, but internally, she was scoffing. I was drowning in work. Who had the energy to make phone calls?

Seeing the mischievous gleam in her eyes, Owen knew exactly what was going through her mind.

He just didn't have the heart to call her out on it. He was the one who had fallen for a workaholic, after all.

Honestly, if Mira spent all her time obsessing over romance instead of focusing on her studies and career, he would have been deeply concerned.

Whatever. He was older; it was his job to be patient and accommodating.

After dinner, as they settled into the study, Owen broke the news. "The old man is bailing Luna Lance out."