Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 948

"Got it. I'll figure something out."

By the time Mira finished assessing the situation, Owen had returned from work. Not seeing her in the living room, he changed his clothes and headed upstairs to find her.

Walking into the study, Owen immediately caught the worry in Mira's eyes. "What happened?"

Surely she hadn't encountered another assassin today.

Mira read the unspoken question in his gaze. "I'm fine. We just hit a roadblock with the mobile OS."

Then, Mira recounted the entire incident with Seraphina down to the last detail.

"These traitors need to be rooted out as soon as possible,"

Owen said, his jaw tight.

"It won't be long. They can't keep this up much longer.

And to think Sebastian actually wanted us to put in a good word for scum like them?"

Solflare Entertainment's development of Aegis OS was Mavaria's first fully independent mobile operating system. If successful, it would become the third-largest mobile OS globally.

It possessed the power to shatter foreign technological monopolies, secure national digital infrastructure, and drive high-quality economic growth, carrying immense strategic importance for Mavaria.

Because it was a vital national asset, the government threw its full weight behind the research.

For Lawrence Lance and his cronies to expose this classified project to the Javenaire Federation was tantamount to selling out their country's interests, making them no better than traitors.

But right now, Mira and Owen's immediate priority was countering the foreign technical blockade.

"Owen, do you have any contacts overseas?"

He did, but none of them were in that specific tech sector.

Acquiring high-end data from Javenaire required someone deep within Android Inc.'s senior technical team.

"Do you think James Barlow could help with this?"

Mira asked.

"You want to ask James for help again?"

"Who else can I turn to? Master's people are military; they don't have access to this kind of tech.

I'll at least try asking him."

"I do. Are you looking to invest?

But I have to tell you, business is booming over there right now. No one is selling their shares..."

"My dear James, I'm not looking to buy shares."

Mira adopted a tone accustomed to Javenaire's conversational style.

"Could you manage to get us some of the latest data on the Android system?"

"Absolutely not. That is strictly confidential. As a shareholder, I cannot leak corporate secrets,"

James replied.

"So, what you're saying is that you can get the data, but you just don't want to leak the secrets?"

"I'm a shareholder, so of course I can get it. But I won't give it to you."

"Darling, do me a favor.

If you make this happen for me, I'll ensure you make an absolute fortune on our next move, just like we did on Wall Street."