Always Been Yours

Chapter 1404 The Battle Begins

She didn’t want to drag him down.

Tessa didn’t say that out loud, of course. Nicholas went to work after she agreed to the arrangements. Not too long after he reached the office, Edward came to report about work. Nicholas spent a few minutes delegating all the work for the day.

Reminded of the events in Filisburg, he frowned. “How is the negotiation with Filisburg?”

“We’re still in the middle of it,” answered Edward.

Nicholas’ face fell. “It’s been two days, but you still have nothing to show for it? What’s taking them so long?”

over the ledgers,” said

his men were

was as black as thunder and he

in the air, Edward tensed up. He looked at Nicholas carefully and gulped.

one reason for that. They don’t want us to find out about their monkey

for a moment, musing over the matter, and then he reached an unbelievable conclusion. “Sir,

would push them to take this risk.”

while ago, his great uncles struck a deal with some businessman abroad behind his back. They used a lot of the company’s money for that, yet they still hadn’t given it back. Now, they were even using a falsified account to hide their tracks. Obviously, they had

looked at Nicholas

he said, “And they must have lost a lot of money. More than our estimate, even. That’s why