Ben didn't back down. Instead, he lifted his gaze and said coldly, "Wasn't it you? Or are you saying you did it but don't even have the courage to admit it?"

Seeing how enraged his father was, Ben's face remained calm, though his heart was heavy.

When he first uncovered the truth, he could hardly believe it.

Though their father-son relationship had always been distant, Ben had assumed that, as family, his father wouldn't stoop to such underhanded tactics. Yet this incident slapped him in the face with harsh reality. It told him he was wrong. "You" His father was so furious he started coughing violently.

Ben's mother, caught between the two, looked panicked. She hurried to comfort her husband while trying to get Ben to stop. "Don't say any more. Your father has high blood pressure. He'll make himself ill."

Jamie noticed Ben's fists clenching tightly. Without thinking, she reached out and placed her hand over his, a silent gesture of reassurance.

The tension in Ben's posture eased slightly, though the icy atmosphere between the father and son remained palpable.

After a while, Mr. Lucas caught his breath and steadied himself, but his expression was still stormy.

Ben. "Did you come back just to reprimand

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of cousins. Surely one of them can

laugh. "You think I'd entrust the empire I built with my own

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to her husband in

Her husband didn't reply.

filled her voice. "How could you do that? He's your son! Even if you don't agree with his career, this

Let him

faltered, momentarily

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