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.

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

simple. They wouldn't have taken that risk with me if that was the case. They would have gone for a safer alternative and kept things

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

the finance department to help out." Nicholas

and as they guessed, something was wrong.

"What did you

found a lot of inconsistencies in the ledgers. There's a shortfall of about a hundred and fifty

face fell. He hissed, "Keep looking into it. I want to find out what that money was used for." A

the severity of the situation finally dawned on Edward, he quickly went to investigate. An hour later, he came into Nicholas' office in a hurry. "We might have a big problem, sir."

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 big sum of money

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