Jamie did love Ben. In this lifetime, she had dreamed of being with him. But life had taught her to face reality first. She couldn't be with Ben again.

Shaking her head, she said, "I won't get back together with Ben. Mrs. Lucas, thank you for no longer standing in our way. But Ben and I have been apart for four years now. I'm not the same Jamie I used to be. Let him keep the version of me he remembers." It didn't matter if Ben hated her. Over time, that hatred would fade, and with it, so would his obsession.

"Why?" Mrs. Lucas pressed. "Do you want Ben to keep hating you? Don't you want Charlie to have a complete family? Or is it because of Winnie? Are you trying to give Ben to her?"

Her words hit like a knife. Jamie had considered that possibility, but she knew it was unrealistic.

She shook her head. "Neither Winnie nor Ben would accept that. I just think that we've been apart for too long."

"But he's never forgotten you," Mrs. Lucas said firmly. "This is all my fault. If you're too afraid to talk to him, then I will."

happiness. Sometimes, the only way to untie a knot is with

Lucas, please don't say

for you?" Mrs. Lucas asked, her voice sharpening. "When you were sick, he immediately called Caleb. Even though he's kept you here, you've wanted for nothing. And despite knowing Charlie isn't your son, he's been helping

depth of her mistake. She took a deep breath and confessed, "Jamie, the moment Ben first saw Charlie, he ordered a paternity test. But... I tampered with

had known someone wouldn't let him find out the

everything. He couldn't

to take that one million! Then you pressured her to betray me! And you even tampered with the paternity test! Do you have any idea

in an uncontrollable shout, shaking

The old saying proved true: the

Ben knew everything now.

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