I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

Chapter 73

Chapter 73 Attention

"Where would you like to eat?" Benjamin asked, staring at her.

Harper was taken aback. "Aren't we going home?"

The words "going home" seemed to please him. He smiled faintly, his face softening as he said, "We are going to a restaurant, right?"

Caught off guard, Harper was still processing when Benjamin stepped on the gas.

Then, he asked, "What do you feel like eating?"

Harper didn't reject and thought for a moment. "Let's go to The Silver."

The Silver's menu focused on simple, fresh cuisine, which was perfect. Benjamin wasn't a fan of overly spiced dishes, and she was avoiding strong flavors herself these days. It suited them both. They had been married for a year, but this was the first time the two of them were dining out alone.

Throughout the year, Harper had wanted to have a meal alone with him but hesitated to ask. She was afraid of his rejection, or maybe he would find her annoyingly clingy.

During the meal, both of them remained silent. Benjamin was used to eating in silence at home.

Just as she wondered why he had taken her out alone tonight, his deep voice broke the silence. "Why aren't you talking?" Harper looked up, meeting his deep eyes, and replied softly, "Don't you usually prefer it this way? No talking and chatting..."

"Who said that?"

"That's how it is at home," she explained.

Benjamin smirked, leaning in closer. "Harper, you pay a lot of attention to me, don't you?"

Her eyes flickered away. "Benjamin, we're married. We've been together for a year. Of course I know a few things about you." What she really wanted to ask was whether he had ever paid attention to her at all.

But the potential answer was too painful to confront, so she swallowed it back.

Benjamin didn't respond to that and just spoke indifferently, "You seem distracted, Harper. What's been going on with you lately?"

stunned, not expecting him

lot of

never left her as he frowned. "Has your relationship with

he meant she wasn't

her lips, not avoiding his gaze or question. "Like what? Distant?" She laughed nonchalantly, "Maybe. Only my grandpa who had the most influence on me in that family." Although she didn't grow up with the Mitchells, her grandpa always treated her kindly. He'd often visit her at her grandma's house, bringing

smile touched her lips as she

a strange feeling

a bed for a year, yet only

Who was Harper, really?

went to his study to work while Harper

Paul's birthday, and she

loved collecting oil paintings, she decided

taking care of the details, she checked her phone again. Still no

back to their

a message. "Is something up, Harper? I can't really talk right

reach you all day? Everything

fine. Don't

that moment, Benjamin entered the room, so she

due to tonight's dinner that their relationship

few days, they returned daily to the Martin Manor to help

to himself, "Things will be better in a

"Dad, what do you

casually dismissed it. "I just thought I'll feel better after

are you saying? Aren't you happy

as

carried a meaningful undertone, causing Scott and Lily to glance at

you two decided whether you

glance, and both fell into

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