Chapter 1406


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    Tessa spoke gently.


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


    "I will." Tessa nodded.


    Remus then told Ian, "Prepare some supplements and send them to Nichs'' ce." He looked at


    Tessa. "You need them."


    Tessa smiled. "Thank you, Grandpa."


    After Nichs 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?" Nichs shot him a look.


    Edward reported, "Earlier this year, one of Adam''spanies was in the red. To not raise any suspicion,


    he used the money of anotherpany to cover the firstpany''s losses."


    "Is that it?" Nichs 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." Nichs nodded.


    Edward nodded. Their investigation yielded resultster that day, and as they guessed, something was


    wrong. Edward came back looking somber. "You were right, sir. Something is indeed wrong."


    Nichs 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."


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    Nichs'' 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 hourter,


    he came into Nichs'' office in a hurry. "We might have a big problem, sir."


    "What is it this time?" Nichs 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."


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


    something was.


    Edward stammered, "I-Illegal stuff, sir."


    Nichs shot up from his seat with a look of shock. In disbelief, he asked again, "What did you say?"


    "Adam and Joseph have been using thepany''s money to deal with contraband," Edward bit the


    bullet and repeated himself while giving Nichs more details. "And they''ve been doing it for a long time,


    so they must''ve made a ton of money from it."


    Nichs was not just angry now. He was livid. It felt like the air around him would explode.


    "Moreover, they struck the deal using thepany''s name, sir."


    Edward was staring at the ground by then as he was too scared to meet Nichs'' eyes, but he could still


    feel the air of the office filling up with tension and fury. Nichs'' rage was almost palpable, and Edward


    tensed up.


    Like a serpent, Nichs hissed, "How. Dare. They?"