Though Ves felt incredibly conflicted about how he should resolve the Cassandra Breyer situation, there was no way he could maintain the status quo.
If he had a choice, he would have chosen to retain the current arrangement. Although Breyer alloy had largely become dispensable to the current Larkinson Clan, no one said no to a free and convenient source of second-class materials.
By choosing to change nothing, Ves would not have to bear any risks either. He did not have to resolve a difficult dilemma where he could either learn the truth about Cassandra Breyer or kill her without ever discovering her true identity and motives.
Over the years, Ves had come up with a lot of possible theories about who she was and how she was connected to him. Some of them were more favorable than others.