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

remained silent, his

him yesterday, and maybe

face, and it left

spoke softly, "Turn around. We

pressed the accelerator, and sped

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the company and hadn't reached

she entered the lobby, Frank had called several times. She hadn't answered, feeling a bit down. Knowing what this was about, she

approached when he saw Harper, his eyes narrowing as he stared at her. "Harper, have you talked to Benjamin about that

call and her argument with Benjamin. She managed a forced smile and shook her head. "No, I haven't talked to him, and I

just called to apologize, and the collaboration will

stunned in disbelief. She asked, "Summit Realty said

got the call and immediately called you,"

Realty mention anything else?"

Frank shook his head.

Harper was equally shocked.

hadn't spoken to Benjamin about it, nor had she

attention to

"Since everything's settled now,

you didn't reach out

"No."

anything by it. I

"I understand,