Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Carissa decided not to address the issue immediately. She instructed the staff to prepare a meal for Helen first.

After Helen had finished eating. Carissa said, "Let me see the contract. We need to check for any hidden traps. If there are any, we must prepare in advance." Helen blinked through her tearful eyes. "What can we do if there are traps?"

"There are ways to deal with them. Just bring the contract to me first, Carissa replied, not meeting Helen's gaze, especially not when she was crying.

So, Carissa turned to find Gillian and asked her to retrieve the contract.

Gillian knew exactly where the documents were kept. She quickly found the contract, and brought it to Carissa.

Carissa read through the contract three times from start to finish and found no issues with it-it was fair and impartial. As for the parties involved, Helen had used Gillian's name, while Jessica had used Eric's

name.

Surprisingly, Eric was a household servant of the Winchester family. own name

For a lady from a prominent family engaged in business outside, it was uncommon to use her due to the numerous bureaucratic procedures and the stigma of being publicly involved.

the contracts and couldn't really cause trouble, even if the

while money was appealing, merchants were considered lowly. So, as long as

problems?" Helen asked

her with a meaningful gaze. "There are no

thing? Why are you looking at me like

to be looking at her like she was

"It seems that they didn't even bother

couldn't say that aloud, or Helen would likely respond with

a good thing!" Carissa put the contract

from alerting anyone.

but she

up with tears again, she unexpectedly softened her tone, "Alright, stop crying. I'll

"Then, I'm counting on you. Please also speak to Rafael on my behalf later. Don't let him stay angry with

grandiose manner she used to, nor did she exhibit her previous haughtiness. The dislike that had once shown in her eyes when she looked at Carissa was

quite unsettling to see someone who