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.

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

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project's partner company is based in Bay

well enough to understand that when he said something,

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

that

let Mrs. Lucas know and ask her to

as soon as she said

wrong?" Ben asked, noticing the shift

"I just

She hadn't thought about Linda, who also needed care. While Mrs. Luca's could handle Charlie, asking her to look after both an energetic

thought of burdening Mrs. Lucas with such a responsibility

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

even less time with her mother. Linda had

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