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.

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 to

short notice," Jamie

project's partner company is based in Bay City," Ben

knew him well enough to understand that when he

bring her along. If he hadn't, she would have objected. After all, as his secretary, especially for such a critical

for Charlie, that

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

she said

Ben asked, noticing the shift in her

just thought

While Mrs. Luca's could handle Charlie, asking her to look after both an energetic child and Jamie's mother, whose Condition required whose tention, felt

Lucas with such a responsibility made

it over. Moving your mom to a specialized care facility might be better

dedicated attention, but it also meant she would have even less time with her mother. Linda had been

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