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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.

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

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 gone for a safer alternative and kept things hidden. Those sly

"I should double-check the amount of the losses

finance department to help

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

squinted. "What did you

of inconsistencies in the ledgers. There's a shortfall of about a hundred

He hissed, "Keep looking into it. I want to find out what that money was used for." A hundred and fifty million is

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

this time?" Nicholas

history, and they found a big one.

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