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The truth was he had asit as Cass did—if nothing else, he wasn’t prepared to hand over one single dollar until it was handled, or his investment would be worthless

Nor could he afford to let the leak take the foret the upper hand The issues inside Cass’s company needed to be resolved

“Talk to me about your notes” When she hesitated, he stuck his palerated okay? “Come on”

It was so subtle, he alh to pinpoint the exact h him with a sharp thrill

“My theory is that the leak came from someone in the lab Has to be No one else outside of the four founders kno the formula works”

He’d considered that, too, and it was probably true, but she couldn’t make broad assumptions “Anyone could have hacked into your database or paid off a janitor to steal Harper’s notes”

“True But I don’t think that’s how it happened So I’ soets leaked, I can trace it back”

“Digital forensics? Like what banks use when they’re hacked? That’s expensive”

“Formula-47 is worth millions of dollars Maybe billions”

Yes, absolutely But you had to spend ardless, you’d have to wait until the leak found the information and hope he or she didn’t realize that the transferred files could be traced, then you have to assume the leak will decide to spill it, wait for the news to hit the industry and then try to track doho accessed the file on your server You don’t have that long”

Her lips pursed but she didn’t give away anything else of her thoughts “That’s exactly why I wanted to run this by you I knew you’d find the holes if there were any”

That sht than he would have iet used to that Get used to co business and pleasure in exactly this ith a woman who could match him mentally and physically

That’s a new experience you can get behind

Except it wasn’t exactly new This was like old times, but better because they were equals