Chapter 245

Tessa knocked on Barry's office door. "Come in!" Barry called out. Tessa didn't beat around the bush. "Mr. Leiston, I want to resign." Barry was stunned. "What's wrong? You just returned after the holidays, and now you're resigning?" During their business trip to Noria, Tessa won a bet that secured the firm Victorious Corporation's legal representation and advisory contract for the next ten years. She was practically his golden ticket now, so there was no way he would let her walk away that easily. Tessa was blunt and honest. "I have a personal issue with the new partner. I'm not working for her." At the end of the day, lawyers at the firm weren't independent. Their jobs seemed decent enough, but they were nothing more than regular employees. For every case they handled, the firm took a cut and distributed it among the partners as bonuses. So no matter how many cases Tessa won, she was just another lawyer making money for the firm. Back then, none of this would've mattered to