Since he knew Harper's information, he had no reason not to find her immediately.
Ethan felt a little nervous. But for the sake of his job, he firmly shook his head. "Mr. Lewis, you should prioritize more important matters.
"Now that we know Harper is in the company, she won't suddenly disappear. When she comes to work tomorrow, you will naturally be able to find her.
"And Henry's wedding is about to start. The cooperation project has not started yet. If you don't go now, Your sincerity might be questioned., which will inevitably affect the project's progress."
Brian pursed his lips and looked at him, saying nothing.
Ethan was right, and Brian didn't know how to face Harper after finding Harper.
Would she blame him?
Or would she throw herself into his arms like she did when she was a child?
It might be better for him to be mentally prepared and see her tomorrow.
Brian sighed softly, feeling suddenly exhausted, and raised his hand to pinch his brow.
Seeing him like this, Ethan understood that Brian had taken his words to heart. He breathed a sigh of relief.
In the end, Brian and Ethan went to the hotel hosting wedding banquet first.
Harper was completely unaware of all this. She was too tired last night and didn't bother to charge her phone when it ran out of battery.
She just plugged in the charger after getting up, then went to take a shower and put on makeup, carefully tidying up. It was exquisite but not eye-catching.
After changing her clothes, she finally turned on her phone.
There were only two messages in the text.
Harper refreshed it again, but still no new messages. Joseph's name had been pushed down, silent.
She couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. Did Joseph forget?
After some thought, she sent a message to Joseph
Harper: [Don't forget about today's wedding banquet. I'm getting ready to go now.]
After editing, she confirmed again, feeling no problem, and then pressed the send button.
Harper put away her phone, grabbed her bag, took the keys, and prepared to go out.
She was completely unprepared and was startled by the person outside when she opened the door.
Outside the door, Ava had a cold face.
"Mom, why are you here?"
Harper's heart was still pounding. She was really scared just now.
"What? Can't I come to my son's house?"
Ava crossed her arms, her face looking unpleasant.
"I didn't mean that."
Harper felt helpless and stepped aside to give her some space. "Mom, I have something to do and need to go out, please make yourself at home."
"Go out?" Ava raised her eyebrows. "Where are you going?"
She knew what day it was today.
Her daughter-in-law, Harper, was very close to Mia!
Harper looked at the increasingly disdainful look in Ava's eyes and didn't want to have any conflicts with her on this day.
But she also knew that Ava must know about the situation over there, so she couldn't lie to her, or it would only anger her more.
"Dad and Mia are having a wedding banquet today..."
Ava interrupted her directly and coldly snorted, "You seemed very close to them."
At this point, she didn't want to beat around the bush with Harper, and said directly, "I'm here today to tell you, you are not allowed to go to the wedding banquet today!"
It wasn't "shouldn't" or "couldn't". Instead, Ava said she wasn't allowed to go to the wedding.
Harper felt a twitch on her forehead and wanted to ask on what grounds she was being ordered.
But in the end, she sighed inwardly.
Forget it, this tone of command from Ava was not the first time she had heard it.
She tried to speak softly, "Mom, I promised Dad and Ms. Miller that I would go."
"Mom?" Ava sneered. "Since you call me that way, shouldn't you be clear about who your mother-in-law is?!"
What was so good about Mia?
Henry had just divorced her not long ago, and he already had a new relationship with someone else.
Her son was also close to that woman. And this useless daughter-in-law of hers was also close to her!
Harper looked at her gloomy face, feeling a bit annoyed. She knew something about their situation.
In the initial marriage between Ava and Henry, it was Henry who proposed the divorce, citing personality differences and differing values. Ava naturally didn't want to divorce and kept entangling.
After repeated mediation, Henry gave her a large sum of money. Finally, she signed the agreement.
Perhaps for her, Henry's current happy life reflected the failure of her past marriage. So, she had some grievances toward Henry and Mia. But Harper felt that this was not a reason for Ava to stop her from going to the wedding banquet!
After all, they were also elders and reasonable people, who wouldn't make things difficult for unrelated younger generations.
Seeing Harper silent, Ava approached her and said, "I am your mother-in-law. I tell you not to go, so you can't go! You are my son's wife, so you have to listen to me as long as you are!"
Harper took two steps back as she was pushed by her. Seeing her unreasonable behavior, she didn't want to indulge her anymore, and said blatantly, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I will go today. Not only me, but your son will also go!"
Ava became furious, sneered, and sarcastically said, "He's going? Then you can forget about going."
It was already a loss for Joseph to had been married with this woman for so many years. Now that they were getting divorced, she surly couldn't let Harper appear with him openly.
She couldn't let others know that Joseph had once married such a woman!
Harper bit her lip and remained silent.
After all, Ava had never liked her, and this had been going on for quite some time.
She surly understood what Ava meant.
Harper took a deep breath, feeling a sense of powerlessness. "I'm just going to attend the wedding and celebrate with Dad and Ms. Miller. It has nothing to do with Joseph, and I certainly won't publicize the relationship between us. You can rest assured."
She hadn't forgotten that after the wedding banquet, she would divorce Joseph.