Always Been Yours

Tessa spoke gently.

Stefania said, "Take care of yourself. It's a bit cold lately, so stay warm."

"I will." Tessa nodded.

Remus then told Ian, "Prepare some supplements and send them to Nicholas' place." He looked at Tessa. "You need them."

Tessa smiled. "Thank you, Grandpa."

After Nicholas had breakfast with Tessa the next day, he went to work. Not long after he stepped into his office, Edward came in looking solemn. "We've gotten the results, sir."

"And?" Nicholas shot him a look.

of Adam's companies was in the red. To not raise any suspicion, he used the money of

that it?" Nicholas frowned. I don't think it's that simple. They wouldn't have taken that risk with me if that was the case. They would have

it does sound weird. "I should double-check the amount of the losses and the branch's

And tell the finance department to

as they guessed, something was wrong. Edward came back looking somber. "You were right, sir. Something is indeed wrong."

"What did you find?"

the ledgers. There's a

what that money was used

he quickly went to investigate. An hour later, he came into Nicholas' office in a hurry.

this time?" Nicholas

his voice, Edward said, "I told my men to check the branch's transaction history, and they found a big one. They paid a

mean by something?" Nicholas stared at Edward fixedly. He had a guess what that something