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.

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

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

should double-check the amount of the losses and

tell the finance department to

Their investigation yielded results later that day, and as they guessed, something was wrong. Edward came back looking somber. "You were right,

"What did you

we found a lot of inconsistencies in the ledgers. There's a shortfall of about a

face fell. He hissed, "Keep looking into it. I want to find out what that money was used for." A hundred and fifty million is no joke.

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

it this time?" Nicholas looked

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

at Edward fixedly. He had a guess what that something was.