Fake Daughter Is The Real Legend (Iris Sutton) novel Chapter 157

Fake Daughter is The Real Legend

Chapter 157 A Circus

By the time Iris entered the conference room, nearly everyone had arrived.

Seeing such a crowd first thing in the morning only worsened her mood. She frowned, walked to the president’s seat, and sat down.

“What is this about? With this many people here… it had better be important.”

Liam from the finance department glanced nervously at Nick before clearing his throat.

“President Zero… while preparing the financial statements, I discovered that 700,000 dollars of company funds is missing.”

Iris slowly lifted her eyes. “So?”

Liam froze. He’d expected shock.

Panic.

Anything.

Instead….

She looked utterly indifferent,

For a moment, he didn’t even know how to continue.

Nick smoothly picked up where he left off.

“Seven hundred thousand isn’t exactly a small amount. Could it simply be an accounting error?”

One of Liam’s coworkers immediately shook his head. “Impossible. You might make a mistake of one or two dollar, but not 700,000.”

Nick nodded thoughtfully. “So you’re suggesting… someone transferred 700,000 into a personal account?”

Liam lowered his head and stayed silent.

Nick’s expression turned grave. “That would be a very serious matter.”

Liam nodded. “That’s why I didn’t dare keep it to myself. I reported it directly to the board.”

“You did the right thing.” Nick looked around the room. “This absolutely needs to be

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investigated. Who has accessed the company’s accounts recently?”

As he asked the question, he deliberately glanced toward Iris.

Now you should finally start panicking.

Instead…

Iris rested her chin on one hand, eyes lowered. She looked as though she might fall asleep at any moment.

Nick: “…”

‘How can she still look sleepy at a time like this? Is she really that calm?”

Following the script they’d prepared, Liam said, “There haven’t been many people handling the company accounts recently. I… I don’t really want to say.”

“Just say it,” Nick urged immediately.

“It was… President Zero…”

“And Mr. Saunders.”

“They both reviewed the accounts.”

“And they also processed reimbursement claims.”

Yonki shot to his feet. “That reimbursement was for the venue rental for the new product launch! It wasn’t anywhere close to 700,000! I have every receipt!”

How did I suddenly get dragged into this?”

Then it hit him.

This wasn’t aimed at him at all.

It was aimed at…

The conference room fell silent.

Every pair of eyes turned toward Iris.

Noticing the sudden quiet, Iris slowly raised her head and swept her gaze across the room.

“Finished with your performance?”

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Chapter 15” A Circus

Nick hadn’t expected such an offhand response.

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Fin het

“President Zero… what do you mean by that?” A knowing smile tugged at his lips. “Unless… this has something to do with you?”

Iris rubbed her temples. By now, the last traces of her morning grogginess had faded.

“So you’re saying… I’m the one who embezzled the 700,000 dollars?”

The moment Liam met her eyes, he instinctively lowered his head. For the first time, he regretted climbing aboard Nick’s ship.

President Zero might be young….

But when her face turned cold, the pressure she gave off was overwhelming.

“As Liam just explained,” Nick said leisurely, “the company’s finances and the new product launch have both been under the responsibility of you and Mr. Saunders.”

“The only people with access to company funds… were the two of you. He sighed dramatically. “Seven hundred thousand… That’s not exactly pocket change. If you were short on money, you could’ve just asked. I’m sure everyone would’ve been willing to help

“Vice President Nick!” Bella immediately protested. “President Zero would never embezzle company funds!”

The accusation was ridiculous.

Iris was the daughter of the Noir family.

The wealthiest family in Capital.

Their fortune was practically inexhaustible.

Why would she risk everything over a mere 700,000 dollars?

Bella knew the truth.

But since Iris hadn’t chosen to reveal her identity, it wasn’t her place to do it.

Nick ignored Bella’s reaction and turned back to Liam.

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reimbursements. She told me they were authorized by President Zero.”

“But Sara told me not to ask any questions. She said President Zero had approved everything personally and that she’d take full responsibility if anything went wrong.”

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‘What a clumsy setup. Has spending so many comfortable years at Noir Group made him forget how to frame someone properly?”

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