Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas)

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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.

Edward reported, "Earlier this year, one of Adam's companies was in the red. To not raise any suspicion, he used the money of another company to cover the first company's losses."

"Is 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 old foxes.

Huh, now that you mentioned it, it does sound weird. "I should double-check the amount of the losses and the branch's reserves."

"Do that. And tell the finance department to help out." Nicholas nodded.

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

Nicholas squinted. "What did you find?"

"After due diligence, we found a lot of inconsistencies in the ledgers. There's a shortfall of about a hundred and fifty million."

Nicholas' 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.

As 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."

"What is it this time?" Nicholas looked at him.

With anger in 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 for… something."