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Jamie was stunned, her shock coming in waves over a few sentences. "So, how did Noah become part of the family?"

"He's more like an adopted son of the Lucas family, though very few people know about it," Ben replied, his brows furrowing slightly. It was clear he had been kept in the dark about this, too.

Mr. Lucas had done it for one reason which was to give Ben a rival, a grindstone to sharpen his edge.

Jamie felt a flicker of concern. Putting herself in their shoes, she couldn't imagine discovering that someone she had been competing with for years had only been placed in her path as a tool for someone else's agenda. She would be furious. Anyone would.

The result? Neither Ben nor Noah could truly be considered the winner.

She was about to offer some comforting words when Ben spoke up, his tone surprisingly calm. "If this had happened in the past, I'd already be on my way to confront him. But now... oddly enough, I'm not angry."

"Why not?" Jamie's heart skipped a beat at his unexpected response, her curiosity slipping out before she could stop it.

Ben's gaze fixed on her, steady and unreadable, before he chuckled softly and looked away. "Because I no longer have a reason to be. What matters to me has changed."

had been passionate about his career as a lawyer, and betrayals like this had cut him deeply. But now, his focus was entirely on Jamie. Whatever his father did couldn't shake him anymore, unless it involved her. But Ben had resolved not to let that happen. A charged silence fell between them, so quiet that Jamie could almost hear the

what I said? I've given you plenty of time to

it felt unfamiliar,

ago, she might have entertained such an idea, but the world's harsh realities and the one million dollars Mrs. Lucas had thrown in her face, had erased

reentering her life

felt at a loss

much, just the truth.

in the intensity of his

felt like a bird trapped in a cage, unable to fly away. She stammered, "I really don't know.

much to you, then... just give me a little more

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plenty," Ben

long sigh, the tension in his face softening. "Fine. Go ahead and

the air, leaving Jamie feeling