Chapter 1531

The next second, there was only silence on the phone.

Ben sent the phone number to his assistant. "Investigate thoroughly."

A thought suddenly struck him. He couldn't let Jamie continue to roam freely outside.

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Four days later, Ben's mother came to visit. "You refuse to take over the family business, and now you're going against me by keeping Jamie around again?"

Ben didn't respond, but her anger only grew.

"Ben, you've seen for yourself what kind of person Jamie is. Why are you still so obsessed with her? The fiancée I arranged for you is far better than the one you've chosen!" The Larson family was also one of the prominent families in Birkham.

While the Lucas and Larson families couldn't rival the York family, the Lucas family still held its position as the second most influential family in the city.

On top of that, they were relatives of the Scott Lucas.

Even Scott, who had initially resisted marriage, eventually followed his parents' wishes and entered into a family-arranged union.

to get married, but

was palpable. "Ben, if you won't listen to me, why don't I just adopt Scott as my son? At least he understands the value of family

mother had no real intention of replacing him with Scott, but she wanted to drive home the point that Ben needed to learn from Scott and sever ties with

always comparing me to others?" Ben said, his back to her. "Scott made his choices,

him, every comparison a

others!" she snapped. "Do you think I enjoy this? If you'd listen to me, do you think

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they can't hold a candle

should leave. I have my

response nearly sent his mother into

this villa and forcing a child on her?" she fumed, her voice laced with

has a child. And Ben, you're a lawyer! What you're doing

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end up

spoke, an idea took shape in her mind. It wasn't the first time she had considered this route. The

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But now, she

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