Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1210

Seraphina collapsed the moment she heard the horrific news. The baby was the only piece of Lawrence she had left. With the child gone, her final connection to the man she loved was completely severed.

It was a testament to just how successfully Lawrence had brainwashed her. He had done nothing but manipulate and use her, completely devoid of any real affection.

Yet, even with his vile soul burning in hell, he still managed to command her absolute, unwavering devotion.

Meanwhile, Gwen, who had just surfaced from her two-day blackout, plunged right back into unconsciousness upon learning of her grandchild's death and her daughter's collapse.

The relentless succession of shocks practically drained the life out of Gwen. For Seraphina, the tragedy carried grim legal consequences: without a nursing infant, her temporary medical reprieve was officially revoked.

Her protective shield was gone, stripping away any grounds for her to remain out on bail.

The moment she recovered enough physically a month later, Seraphina would be thrown straight back into a cell to serve out her grueling eight-year sentence.

On the very day the police dragged Seraphina away in handcuffs, Gwen fainted for the final time. She was completely bedridden from that moment on, lingering in misery until her eventual death.

But all of that was yet to come. In the present, the Quinn family was drowning in the fallout. Their stock prices were in a brutal freefall, leaving Miles—who had only recently taken the helm of the Quinn Group—completely overwhelmed and struggling to keep the company afloat.

Just a month later, the Quinn Group was overtaken by the Voss Group and the Leigh family. The two rival corporations, previously trailing behind, now joined forces to mercilessly crush what remained of the Quinn empire.

Faced with total financial ruin, Sebastian Quinn was forced to shake off his apathy and step up to help his son. But by the time he intervened, their vicious rivals had already poached nearly all of their lucrative contracts.

It was a classic case of kicking a man while he was down. When the company had been thriving, people had lined up around the block to collaborate. Now that the Quinn family had fallen from grace, the entire industry—suppliers and partners alike—treated them like a plague.

Staying private gave her unparalleled agility and absolute control. With low overhead and ironclad protection over her trade secrets, she enjoyed strategic advantages that a publicly traded company could only dream of.

Ironically, none of this explosive fame was what Mira actually wanted. She had always preferred keeping a low profile to avoid drawing the ire of jealous competitors.

In the cutthroat business world, letting rivals see your strengths and weaknesses was the fastest way to lose the upper hand.

But the Solflare Group had grown far too massive to stay hidden anymore; her success was simply too blinding to conceal.

Six months later, during the winter break of Mira's third year in college, Aegis OS 2.0 officially launched. The massive update introduced revolutionary features like a universal control hub and smart widgets.

It delivered seamless integration across smartphones, tablets, and smart screens. The launch shattered industry records, amassing over a hundred million upgrades in just its first hundred days and powering hundreds of millions of devices worldwide.