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.

She had loved her so much. Now, it was his insistence on divorce that showed her just how little she meant to him.

She'd put up a wall to keep some scrap of dignity for herself before he could destroy her completely.

Benjamin understood her point.

"Look, maybe you misunderstood. I was just helping her pick out some clothes since she's leaving the hospital today. And she was just using my phone so she could call her former agent."

"So, you're saying I'm accusing Lauren of nothing and lying about you two?"

"I didn't say that."

"But isn't that what you mean? I don't understand why your phone always happens to be with Lauren whenever I try to call you. If you don't want to answer, then I won't bother calling anymore."

Her voice trembled, nearing a breaking point. Her hands clenched tightly under the covers. She feared she might lose control and start crying.

Benjamin's eyes narrowed as he stared at her intently, his voice harsh. "Harper, are you just picking a fight on purpose?"