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“Worth considering?” Cass’s stomach contracted sharply as she took in the seriousness of Alex’s expression How could she be talking about selling so coolly? To Cass, it would be like selling her own child “Are you out of your mind?”

“Shouldn’t we consider a lucrative incoorically dismiss that kind of paycheck”

They could when it was co out of the bank account of the man who had destroyed Cass Didn’t that matter?

“Wait just a darn s” Harper rounded on Alex, who shrank a bit under the redhead’s scowl “Formula-47 isit on the prey around the products we can create frohts to it forever for a lump sum That’s not smart”

Alex tapped her pen faster against the legal pad “Not if we retain rights and structure the deal—”

“No one is structuring deals,” Cass broke in “I only e’s offer will vanish instantly if the leak shares the formula’s recipe And since we still don’t knoho it is, we have to focus on that first”

Alex firmed her mouth and nodded “That’s true”

“What did our lawyer say?” Trinity asked, raising her eyebrows as Cass blinked at her “Didn’t you just come back from Mike’s office?”

“God, I’m sorry” Cass slid down in her chair an inch inout of her head “Mike doesn’t think we can involve the police yet The article didn’t contain enough detail and wouldn’t stand up in court as proprietary information He advised us to file for FDA approval immediately, in hopes that will ste released prematurely Until we find the leak, we can’t be too careful”

She had to regain control now Gage wasn’t a factor Period

“I’m not ready” Harper shook her head ht as well be tattooed on her forehead alongside her credentials, a valuable trait in a scientist who created the products with Fyra’s label on them “This is our first product that requires FDA approval We can’t rush it”

“So our lawyer gave us advice we don’t plan to take” Pradas flat on the ground, Trinity leaned on the table “What else do we have on the agenda that we need to get busy shooting down?”

“The leak is the only thing on the agenda,” Cass said firmly