The Return of the War Legate

Chapter 99

Meanwhile in Swallowston, at the Paraiso Group.

Seven years ago, Paralso was the biggest enterprise and ranked first all throughout Swallowston. It was on par with the Cowell Group at the time and both companies were extremely influential.

But after Henry’s passing, Harold forcefully took control of Paraiso. Ever since then, the company had suffered a disastrous decline.

The company went from being the first–ranked company in Swallowston to a small, unpopular company.

Meanwhile, at Paraiso, in the general manager’s office, Cedric, who had on a suit, was going through the accounts while another young man sat next to him.

The young man was named Jacob and he was Wilfred’s son.

Cedric and Jacob were cousins and they were the highest management personnel of Paraiso at the current moment.

Harold held seventy percent of Paraiso’s shares while the other thirty percent was equally divided between his two sons and two grandchildren. Cedric and Jacob were given the posts of general managers and were in charge of the company’s

operations.

In the office, the door suddenly burst open and a woman walked into the room.

She was in business attire and wore a pair of high, strappy heels. She was beautiful with delicate facial features. Her figure was perfect and she stood close to one point seven meters in height.

She carried a folder in her arms.

She placed it on the table as soon as she walked into the room. “Cedric, Jacob, this is the company’s accounts for this month. There’s a seventy thousand dollar imbalance in the account. Care to explain how this happened?”

The woman stared at Cedric and Jacob. Her name was Riley Xander. She was Cedric’s elder sister and Leonard’s daughter. She had graduated from Southrive University and held the position of director of Paraiso,

There were constant imbalances in Paraiso’s accounting books as of late. In the beginning, she ignored the issue because Cedric and Jacob claimed very little kickback

But in their latest stint, they had collectively taken seventy thousand dollars. If this were to continue, Paraiso would go bankrupt just from their kickback claim before the company could be scrutinized by the outside world.

“Riley, what are you doing?” Cedric raised his head and asked after glancing at the folder she had placed on the table.

Riley inhaled deeply and said, “The company’s stocks are currently shaky with pressure coming from multiple sides. Paraiso is in the midst of a crisis, yet both of you are still committing fraud?”

“There’s a kickback of seventy thousand dollars this month. Don’t you think that you’ve gone too far?” Riley asked.

Riley was determined to grow Paralso. Yet, Harold enforced patriarchal rules when he passed the company to Cedric and Jacob, which resulted in the company’s current situation.

Cedric and Jacob were not only impertinent, but they were also committing bigger and bigger frauds.

Riley was infuriated by this.

Cedric stood up and said after hearing Riley’s remark, “Hey, have you forgotten that you’re my biological sister? Of course, I’ll take care of you when I’m rich.”

“That’s right, Riley. Cedric and I are claiming only a few thousand dollars from such a large company. It’s nothing serious,” said Jacob.

Riley inhaled a deep breath and said, “Cedric, Jacob, both of you are family. I don’t want to expose you, but there are less than seven hundred thousand dollars left in the company’s account now. The company is about to fall to afford its employees‘

wages.

“Why are you still trying to get a kickback when you’re supposed to figure out a way to save the company?”

Cedric burst out laughing upon hearing Riley’s remark “Don’t worry about it, Riley. Paraiso won’t go bankrupt when it’s such a huge company.

“It won’t take long before someone invests in us. By then, we’ll receive a large sum of money in the company’s account.” Cedric behaved as if he was very confident in himself.NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.