I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

Chapter 399 Sacrifice

"I'm okay, and I just wanted to chat with you. Dr. Gene just came by this morning, and we owe it all to Benjamin. Without him, we might not have had the chance to meet an expert like Dr. Gene," Eleanor said earnestly. Harper understood naturally.

She nodded to show she understood.

Eleanor continued, "Harper, have you been in touch with your family lately?"

Eleanor naturally meant the Mitchell family, but it took Harper a couple of seconds to realize.

She looked at Eleanor and asked, "What are you trying to say?"

Eleanor just smiled kindly, her heart exceptionally benevolent and her thoughts especially thorough. She said softly, "I'm preparing for surgery, and I'd like to see your mother before I go in. It's not convenient for me to visit the Mitchell Manor now. Could you ask if she might come to the hospital?"

Harper looked at Eleanor with a cold expression, filled with endless questions, but she asked emotionlessly, "Why do you want to see her?"

Eleanor has been in the hospital for so many days that the Mitchell family could know this.

Although the Mitchells weren't what they used to be, rumors about certain things still reached their ears.

Yet, until now, Jennifer hasn't gone to visit Eleanor. Harper couldn't deny feeling resentful, but she thought she had no right to demand attention from others, which was why she felt compelled to be extra kind to Eleanor. Eleanor never mentioned why she wanted to see Jennifer.

But she insisted that Harper should try to find Jennifer and ask her to come.

to refuse Eleanor's request, Harper ultimately nodded in

Harper hesitated whether to call Jennifer but decided against it, recalling their last unpleasant meeting.

to go to the Mitchell Manor in

she was

accompanying Annie from the hospital and taking her back to her apartment, Harper had

car, not immediately opening the door. She

the door, which

mother and daughter regarded each other with

"What brings you

here,

made all the

by now, but it still sounded grating and uncomfortable

vacant as she said, "I have something I

at her, then stepped

sat in the living room. It was technically her family home, yet Harper felt no

the Mitchell

back from Dattlech she quickly married

her practically a stranger in

asked, "So, what did you want to talk about?" "Grandma is in

was