The Auditor Novels & Stories

***Auditing team*** Everybody bumped into each other while trying to process and coupled what their boss required of them. They knew better not to delay him else they're all gone. The audit manager could be seen running helter-skelter while drops of sweat lined on his forehead. He looks so worn out and equally stressed but who he is to complain when he's not ready to lose his only livelihood?

Beneath the photo was a single line of text: "The Audit is complete. The Account is Closed. Don't look for us, Hope. You’re the CEO of Nothing now." But as Hope looked at the photo, she noticed something in the reflection of the library window. Standing across the street was the Grand Auditor. And he wasn't looking at Julian. He was looking at Hope. "You still owe the Interest, Heir," the Auditor’s voice whispered from her phone’s speaker. "And since the Founder is gone... I’ll take it in Years."

You'll serve as one of the lead auditors for this case. When the audit team arrived at Tynova Tech, the receptionist recognized me. The shock on her face was impossible to hide.

"You let this get out of control. You let her get close enough to gather information. You let her see things she shouldn't have seen." "I'm fixing it." "You should have fixed it earlier. Before it got to this point." I ignored that. He didn't understand. He wasn't the one married to her. He wasn't the one who had to balance control with appearances. "What's the situation with the auditors?" I asked. "They're digging. They've been at it all day. They're not leaving until they have a full picture." "How deep?" "Deep enough." His voice was grim. "They're looking at everything. Personal accounts. Business accounts. Offshore holdings. Everything."

“Is it because he's planning to fire me, he wants me to start being used to not working?” “No, I don't think so.” She answered herself. “If he's planning on discarding me, then he'll not give me an apartment at the special housing units which are strictly built for auditors of the hospital.” Now auditors were one of the top-ranking officers of the hospital, after the Board of Executives, they were next in command and they could even investigate into the affairs of the Board of Directors, requesting for them to be queried if they ever erred. With this good news, she decided to return back to her office, pick her back and head home. Adrian is going to send a hilux to pack her stuff and althoug

The boardroom table was an expansive, custom-carved piece of historic wood, designed with two distinct heads at each far end. I sat at the primary power position, and he walked the entire length of the room to sit directly at the opposite end. The three elite professionals who had followed him inside moved with synchronized precision, taking their seats tightly beside him. De Vaughn crossed his long legs comfortably, leaning back into the leather chair as he fixed his dark eyes on me. "I am sure we can begin the proceedings now," De Vaughn said, his voice echoing clearly through the silent boardroom. "As you already know, I was just recently put in as the supreme head of auditing for the who

"She’s your superior. And as of five minutes ago, she is your new auditor." Daniel’s grin vanished. "What?" "I’ve spent the car ride reviewing your department's last three years of spending," Alexander said. "There are some... holes. Missing funds. Unexplained expenses. Since Hannah knows your 'systems' so well, she’ll be leading a full forensic audit of your office starting at eight a.m. tomorrow." I looked at Daniel. His face went from smug to gray in a matter of seconds. He knew what I would find. I knew every secret account, every dinner he’d charged to the company while he was out with Grace, every lie he’d told to balance his books.

Out of every person in the room, he was the only one who hadn't bothered to bring a laptop. "Allow me to introduce Mr. Bennet Quinn," Julian said, his voice carrying easily to every seat at the table. "Mr. Quinn is a forensic auditor. He has spent the last twenty years authenticating internal documents for federal prosecutors. He has worked on three SEC fraud cases in this city alone." Julian waited for a moment before he said another word, watching the directors absorb the credential.

I find three things I missed before. The first is in the financial records, in the footnotes. There's a reference to a third-party auditor whose name appears only in the footnote, not in the main document. Standard practice requires the auditor's name to appear where the audited figures are. A footnote-only reference means the auditor was either added after the main document was drafted or deliberately hidden where a non-specialist wouldn't look. I write it down.

I bury my face in my hands and turn away from him, the money and his steady gaze already convincing me to say yes. After a noiseless few seconds, Dominico puts his hand on my upper back and caresses my hair briefly. “Think about it.” • • • Five more minutes of questions and probably half-true answers later, I find out that the auditing job involves the country club's records. Operational expenses. Daily transactions. Every single account on the ledgers. It's a shock and rather suspicious, to say the least. It just leaves me with more questions than Dominico is willing to answer.