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.

*

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.

of that, they were relatives of the Scott

Scott, who had initially resisted marriage, eventually followed his parents' wishes and entered into a

at your cousin, Scott," she said indignantly. "At first, he refused to get married, but in the

was palpable. "Ben, if you won't listen to me, why don't I just

children disappointed their parents, they would hear comparisons to others. Ben's mother had no real intention of replacing him with Scott,

her. "Scott made his choices, and I'll make mine. As

words grated on him, every comparison a

so disappointing, I wouldn't have to compare you to others!" she snapped. "Do you think I enjoy this? If you'd listen to me, do you think I'd

someone else's child is, they can't hold

should leave. I have my own plans when

nearly sent his

villa and forcing a child on her?" she fumed, her

lawyer! What you're doing is illegal. Are you trying to get your law license revoked

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