I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin) novel Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Picking a Fight on Purpose

"Understand what?" he asked, puzzled.

Harper pressed her lips and asked directly, "Where were you tonight? Didn't you say you would come home early? We were supposed to visit Grandpa."

"I had something come up last minute, and I already told Mom."

"Did you tell me?"

The man's brow furrowed tighter, sensing more and more that Harper had changed.

Her words were sharp and confrontational.

This wasn't the gentle woman he knew, and it jarred him.

"If you're upset because I didn't tell you, it was my fault. It won't happen again, okay?"

Harper fell silent.

Benjamin's face was solemn, and he spoke in a deep voice, "If you have any other problems, just say it now."

"It's not that I have problems, but how long are you going to lie to me?"

"What do you mean lie to you?"

Harper felt completely helpless, wondering why Benjamin wouldn't admit it at this point.

She said, "Benjamin, you don't need to hide things from me. We are getting divorced anyway. I wish you could just be honest with me. Even if you were going to pick out a wedding dress with Lauren to prepare for your upcoming wedding, you could've told me. So, I wouldn't have felt like a fool calling to disturb you two."

They were husband and wife, and yet they didn't even have a single photo together.

Apart from a marriage certificate and the sex, she couldn't find any other signs of them being a married couple.

Harper's heart ached terribly as she thought about this.