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?"

was stunned, not expecting

Maybe a lot

his eyes never left her as he frowned. "Has your relationship with the Mitchell family always

assumed he meant she

me in that family." Although she

lips as she remembered those happy

a strange

bed for a year, yet only now did

Who was Harper, really?

returned to Pineview Villa. Benjamin went to his study to work while

birthday, and she wanted to give him a

Paul loved collecting oil paintings, she decided

care of the details, she checked her phone

hadn't come back to their room, Harper tried calling Frank

was quickly cut off, followed by a message. "Is something

couldn't I reach you all day?

fine. Don't worry about

wanted to say more, but at that moment, Benjamin entered the room,

to tonight's dinner that their relationship seemed

to the Martin Manor to help prepare for the birthday party, much

himself, "Things will

do you mean by better

"I just thought I'll feel better

what are you saying? Aren't you

long as all of you

causing Scott and Lily

Harper, have you two decided whether you

and both fell into

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