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 p>
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 p>
“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 p>
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 p>
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.
Completely ignoring the tense atmosphere, Leah hummed a cheerful pop song while she washed her face, then climbed into bed and immediately passed out.
Mira, however, stayed up late at her desk. The Live-Trading Challenge was officially launching the very next day, and she needed to finalize her strategy.
Vanessa and Jillian were mostly just suffering from severely bruised egos.
What Mira didn’t realize was that Jillian wasn’t actually upset at all; she was just putting on a sympathetic act for Vanessa’s sake.
Deep down, Jillian was absolutely reveling in the chaos. Piper had actually stolen one of Jillian’s exes in the past.
Jillian mentally cheered, thinking, That’s what you get for stealing my man and mocking my looks. Karma just delivered a massive slap to your face!
The only real downside for Jillian was that the cute guy Vanessa was supposed to set her up with that night had bolted before anything could happen.
Over in Elara’s dorm, however, Piper and Madison were dealing with a catastrophic reality check.
According to a quick text from Elara, Piper had been crying hysterically for hours because Xavier was completely ghosting her texts.
Madison wasn’t crying, but she was radiating silent, absolute fury from her bed.
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 hera massive advantage, simply relying on absolute certainties would defeat the entire purpose of the challenge