I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

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.

and he spoke in a deep voice, "If you have any other problems, just say

that I have problems, but how long are you

do you mean lie to

helpless, wondering why Benjamin wouldn't admit it at

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

and wife, and yet they

and the sex, she couldn't find any other signs of them being

terribly as she thought

heart ached for the year she had been by

loving him felt like a cruel twist

not wanting Benjamin to see the tears welling up in her eyes. She refused to let

shock as he said, "What wedding dress? Harper,

you just admit

I admit to something I didn't do? Harper, this

his tie, his hands on his hips, and his handsome face looked

a sense of

at the woman before him. He barely contained his emotions anymore. "Are you making this up

"Lauren told me you were picking out a wedding dress, Benjamin. If you're worried I'll expose you in front of Grandpa and your parents,