CEO's Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery

Ben stared at the plate of orange slices.

Jamie instinctively reached out to take the plate away. "Your Uncle Ben doesn't eat-"

"Thank you, Charlie. I happen to feel like having some oranges," he interrupted smoothly, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Jamie froze for a moment.

Wasn't Ben known for being picky, never touching food that didn't look perfect? And he rarely ate anything prepared outside his own kitchen.

While Jamie stood there, still surprised, Ben casually ate two pieces of the unevenly cut orange slices and even went as far as to compliment Charlie. "You cut these very well."

As Charlie beamed with pride, Jamie could only look at the plate of roughly cut orange slices in disbelief, unable to muster a single word of praise.

*

A little while later, after sending Charlie off to play in his room, Jamie sat down across from Ben. "You're here for something, aren't you?"

"You don't have to treat me so coldly," Ben replied.

"And how should I treat you?" Jamie shot back sharply, her gaze unwavering.

Ben's expression darkened.

mean to make this difficult,"

school now," Ben said, shifting the topic. "Wilfred came to see me

and

controlled as home, where every bump and bruise could be avoided. Jamie

so terrified of something going

documents. "These are the options. Take a look and see which one you like. We

took the documents

them carefully.

that Ben had already pre-screened the schoots, each one

softened slightly, and without realizing it, her tone became gentler. "This one looks good. Let's go with

deciding on a school, lunchtime was just around the

lingered, talking a bit more about the preschool's qualifications

little odd. Weren't all those details already listed in the

"You're about to eat, so I should head out. Once you're ready, let me know. I'll take Charlie to his first day at

well, hesitating briefly before nodding. She didn't object to his suggestion. After all,