Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 949

Mira had no choice but to dangle a massive piece of bait.

"Don't worry, I won't leak your data. My company just has some internal needs for it."

"I heard you were developing a mobile OS too."

Being a shareholder at Android Inc., James naturally had the inside track.

"My dear, who told you about our research?"

"I won't lie to you. It was Mishka, and his intel came from Lawrence Lance—your boyfriend's brother,"

James answered.

"Thanks."

"No problem. I can help you with that."

"James, my friend, even if you refuse to help me this time, our research will still succeed. It will simply be delayed by a few months.

But you, on the other hand, will lose me as a friend.

The next time I hit Wall Street, I won't be taking you along to make a profit."

Mira was playing a delicate game of carrot and stick; she wanted to take a gamble.

"If James still says no, do you plan to up the ante, or will you really cut ties with him?"

Owen asked while James hesitated.

"We still need his help with the Balkan Underworld situation. Can we really cut ties?

If he refuses, I'll sweeten the deal. If he still says no, we'll just have to drop it.

For the mobile OS, if we can't leverage their tech, we'll have to build it entirely from scratch.

It just means results will take a bit longer."

To her surprise, it didn't take long for James to call back.

"Alright, I can give you the latest system data. But I have conditions."

We also need to loop in Vanguard Systems and clarify that this five percent will be diluted evenly among our major shareholders, including them."

Afterward, Mira and Owen communicated with the head of Vanguard Systems, and everyone quickly reached an agreement.

Mira then unmuted the line to explain the situation to James. "My dear Mr. Barlow, we just held a brief shareholder meeting. We discussed it and unanimously agreed to grant you a five percent stake.

What do you say?"

"Deal. I'll send over Android's latest tech specs as soon as possible. I'll also wire my portion of the research funding shortly."

Mira loved how decisively James operated.

...

Mira finally let out a sigh of relief and turned to Owen. "It's settled. Damn Lawrence and Seraphina, forcing us to give away such a massive slice of the pie to James."

At this stage, Javenaire's mobile operating systems were far more advanced than Mavaria's, making their tech an essential reference point.

Once their own research succeeded and caught up, no amount of technical blockading would be able to affect them.