Forbidden Passion

Chapter 740 Harper's Past

Phoebe sat by the window, looking out at the bustling, lively street. It was a weekday, and office workers were coming and going in a hurry.

Harper continued, "When we got married, my parents had just passed away from illness, and I was in a lot of debt. Her parents didn't agree to the marriage, so she secretly took the family documents and went to the courthouse with me. On our wedding day, I only had $30 borrowed in my pocket, and we didn't even have money to eat afterward."

"She wasn't angry. She hugged me and laughed, saying she would work hard to make money so I could have food every day and not worry about money, and that she would always be good to me."

Phoebe listened and suddenly felt something was off. Wait, getting married at the courthouse for $30-wasn't it an Aestrale system?

She interrupted Harper's recollection, "Mr. Ziegler, if I may ask, wasn't your wife the eldest daughter of a duke?"

Harper wasn't annoyed by the interruption. He looked at Phoebe quietly and said, "Diana Armstrong is my second wife." Phoebe apologized, "I'm sorry."

She didn't expect Harper to be married twice. So, did Harper have another wife back home? Did they get divorced?

They were so in love back then, defying their parents to get married. How could they have divorced?

"It's okay," Harper said, looking at Phoebe with a complex expression.

Phoebe couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "Mr. Ziegler, if you and your first wife were so in love, why didn't you stay together?"

"I was in a shipwreck and barely survived. For the first few years, I couldn't remember anything and was carefully taken care of by Diana. Over time, we fell in love. It wasn't until two years after our marriage that I had a car accident and remembered my past."

plot had come to life. "And then, did you

sighed, "I sent someone to look

all, this was Harper's private matter, and it would be too much to ask further. Harper didn't continue. After dinner, Phoebe took Harper for a walk to explore the nearby area. They strolled around and

Phoebe, saying he had reserved a private room at Velvet

and sat back

lakeside park, with the sunset turning the sky red. Harper suddenly said, "We've been

we take one to

adjusted the angle. She said, "Mr.

the shutter, capturing the moment forever. After taking the photo, she put her phone back in

Ziegler, let's go. Mr. Douglas is waiting for us at Velvet Sky Bistro." Phoebe stood up, her shadow stretching long

looked up at her, his eyes filled with some emotion. After a long while, he stood

out, followed by bodyguards who kept their

tired and looked

do, took out her phone to look at the photos she had taken today. Most of

casual clothes, his dignified and commanding presence

last photo was taken at sunset, with Harper and her sitting side by side. Harper was smiling at the

the most genuine smile she had ever seen on Harper in all the photos, with the same curve of the mouth

the photo, feeling it might be her imagination, but she thought she and

turned off her

what Theodore had said last

to treat her as a business prospect but rather like a close younger relative. During dinner, Phoebe was still distracted. Milton, sitting next to her, asked, "Phoebe, are you tired today? You seem out of it."