CEO’s Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery

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."

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 rhythmic

do you remember what I said? I've given you

Jamie, it felt unfamiliar,

the world's harsh realities and the one million dollars Mrs. Lucas had thrown in her face, had erased

here it was again, reentering her life after all

at a loss for

not an answer," Ben interrupted, his voice firm but calm. "I'm not asking for much, just the truth. Whether it's

the intensity of his

cage, unable to fly away. She stammered, "I really don't know.

means that much to you, then... just give me a little

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given you plenty," Ben said, his tone

he let out a long sigh, the tension in his face softening. "Fine. Go ahead and take advantage of my feelings for you. I've already waited this long. What's

air, leaving Jamie feeling both relieved and