Chapter 71

Her iPhone screen on her desk lit up, and she froze when she saw the caller ID. She then told her first caller, “I have to call you back.” After putting down the receiver, she took a deep breath before swiping across the screen, and muster as much calmness as she could when she said “Your Grace?”

“Were you even going to tell me?” The menacing voice rang into Helena’s ear, sending a shiver down her spine.

Still, she tried to remain calm, “W-Well, Your Grace. The audits have already been…adjusted to what we want it to reflect so I didn’t see a need to worry you about something like this.”

“Hm…” Greg contemplated, “Your people are sure that my cousins bought it? That the figures are real?”

Helena frantically answered, “Yes! I spoke to the three of them in charge when I got to the office. They practically knelt and pleaded, swearing that they did what we asked them to do. And the receptionists said one stack went with the King and one with the Duke…the other Duke