Chapter 249

Before I left the estate, Richard handed me three signed contracts. In his words, all I had to do was sign my name, and the contract would take effect immediately. This meant that our collaboration would officially begin, and the investment I had been longing for would soon be in my account. His only request was to remove Caroline and leave the position of project director to Tiana. "Running a project is like making a perfectly textured Cantabrian ham. We need to pay special attention to the selection of materials from the very beginning. "Just think about it. No matter how hard you try to cure and ventilate a poor-quality Cantabrian pig, it's difficult to achieve exceptional taste in the end. Am I right, Ms. Fisher?" His words echoed in my mind as I tightly held the contracts while feeling desolate inside. "It's snowing," the driver reminded me. "It's the first snow of the winter." I looked out the window at the fine snowflakes falling with the raindrops, then disappearing in