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."

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,

opened her mouth to say something but Ben spoke first. "That night at the hotel, do you remember what I

it felt

an idea, but the world's harsh realities and the one million

again, reentering her life after all

loss

an answer," Ben interrupted, his voice firm but calm. "I'm not asking for much, just the truth. Whether it's a yes or a no, I need

the intensity of his

bird trapped in a cage, unable to fly away.

to you, then... just give me a little more time."

QUMS

plenty," Ben said, his

expression, he let out a long sigh, the tension in his face softening. "Fine. Go ahead and take

words hung in the air, leaving Jamie feeling