I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

Chapter 24 He Stepped In

The coldness in his eyes tightened Harper's chest, piercing straight into her heart.

She stared at him, speechless.

Their eyes locked, and finally, he turned and left the bedroom.

The tension between them started to build up again, driving them apart.

He had denied everything Lauren had said.

"Was Lauren lying?" Harper wondered.

She remained silent, her lips pressed together in a grim line, her heart heavy.

Throughout the night, Benjamin didn't return to the bedroom, but he didn't leave the house either. No sound of a car had disturbed the silence. Neither of them wanted to back down. By the next morning, when Harper came downstairs, Benjamin had already left for the Martin Group.

On the road, Curtis glanced a few times at Benjamin in the rearview mirror, hesitating to speak.

After a moment, Benjamin finally caught it.

He asked indifferently, "What's wrong?"

Curtis decided to report honestly, "Mr. Martin, Mrs. Martin's company is in trouble, and there has some negative comment on the company's social media account. The situation is quite significant. If things don't go well, it can tear the company apart."

Benjamin frowned slightly and calmly said, "Hmm."

then asked, "Do I need to talk with Summit Realty

his lips

remembered she had called him yesterday, and maybe it was about this

the distressed look on Harper's face,

around. We are going

car around, pressed

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Harper had just arrived at the company and

several times. She hadn't answered, feeling a bit down. Knowing what this was about, she thought it was best to talk

he saw Harper, his eyes narrowing as he stared at her.

managed a forced smile and shook her head. "No, I haven't talked to him, and I don't plan to. Let's see if we can handle this ourselves

just called to apologize, and the collaboration will

She

and

Realty mention

Frank shook his head.

Harper was equally shocked.

it, nor had

seemed unlikely. He wouldn't have time to pay attention to her problems, not with Lauren on

everything's settled now, let's move on with

are you sure you didn't

"No."

explaining, "I didn't mean anything by

faintly, "I understand, don't