Jamie initially thought everything was settled.

That was, until she overheard someone mention that Noah was also taking over the Gem Harbor project.

She frowned. "I thought this project was already assigned to Mr. Lucas? How can one project have two leads?"

The assistant glanced nervously toward the door, then leaned in conspiratorially. "It's the old chairman's decision."

Jamie's frown deepened, her thoughts flashing back to Ben's calm demeanor over the past few days.

She hadn't noticed anything unusual. Was he truly indifferent, or was he hiding his emotions so well that even she couldn't tell?

She couldn't make sense of Ben's father's intentions anymore.

Her unease lingered, and she decided she couldn't sit idly by. She went straight to Ben's office.

moment she stepped in, Ben's sharp eyes lifted briefly to meet hers before dropping back down to his work. "You came at the right time. I needed to tell you something. We're flying

short notice," Jamie

Harbor project's partner company is based in

to understand that when

that he wanted to bring her along. If he hadn't, she would have objected. After

that was easy

of thought, she nodded. "I'll let Mrs. Lucas know and ask her to watch over Charlie for

said it, her brows furrowed

Ben asked, noticing the shift in her

hesitated. "I just thought about

handle Charlie, asking her to look after both an energetic child and Jamie's mother, whose Condition required whose tention, felt like too much to

with

what I wanted to talk to you about," Ben said, his tone softening. "Wilfred mentioned something after thinking it over. Moving your mom to a specialized care facility might be better for her at this stage." "But that would mean..."

support and dedicated attention, but it also meant she would have even less time with her mother. Linda had been absent from her life for many years,

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