Nexum Company was the firm that had partnered with the Rayburn Group's subsidiary last year. But the shocking twist was that Shane was now working for them.
The board members were utterly astonished.
Nexum wasn't a Rayburn family business. For him to join Nexum meant…
Wesley's jaw tightened. He realized Shane's intentions were far from simple.
"Shane, when did you join Nexum Company?" Sean asked.
Shane smiled. "I've been with Nexum for a while now. On paper, we may be competitors and partners, but behind the scenes, I'm still a son of the Rayburn family, am I not?"
Sean didn't respond.
Shane's smile faded as he took a file from the person beside him. "This is the project report from last year's partnership between Nexum and the subsidiary, along with the capital injection accounts."
He placed the file in the center of the table for the finance department to review first.
When a member of the finance team picked it up, his expression turned to one of shock. "How is this possible? This transaction wasn't there when we reconciled the accounts with Nexum last year!"
By the time the report reached Wesley, his face had turned dark and grim. The veins on the back of the hand holding the papers stood out, his fingertips nearly creasing the edges of the pages.
Every page meticulously detailed a hidden flow of funds from last year's project—funds that had been deliberately concealed.
It was an entirely new, undeclared transaction of sixty million dollars. Because it hadn't been reported, it didn't match the figures filed with the revenue service, and the finance team's internal verification had been inaccurate.
Wesley's head snapped up, his gaze locking onto Shane like a hawk.
He'd been set up.
Since last year.
Shane met his stare calmly, a smirk playing on his lips as he took the contract back. "Wesley, this was your oversight. If I hadn't discovered it, the Rayburn Group would have been left holding the bag for this mess."
"Mr. Shane, what are you implying?" the female director asked, confused. "It's clear that Nexum deliberately hid this transaction. How is this our problem?"
The other board members murmured in agreement.

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