Unchained Desire

Phoebe sat by the window, looking out at the bustling, lively street. It was a weekday, and office workers were coming and going in a hurry.

Harper continued, "When we got married, my parents had just passed away from illness, and I was in a lot of debt. Her parents didn't agree to the marriage, so she secretly took the family documents and went to the courthouse with me. On our wedding day, I only had $30 borrowed in my pocket, and we didn't even have money to eat afterward."

"She wasn't angry. She hugged me and laughed, saying she would work hard to make money so I could have food every day and not worry about money, and that she would always be good to me."

Phoebe listened and suddenly felt something was off. Wait, getting married at the courthouse for $30-wasn't it an Aestrale system?

She interrupted Harper's recollection, "Mr. Ziegler, if I may ask, wasn't your wife the eldest daughter of a duke?"

Harper wasn't annoyed by the interruption. He looked at Phoebe quietly and said, "Diana Armstrong is my second wife." Phoebe apologized, "I'm sorry."

She didn't expect Harper to be married twice. So, did Harper have another wife back home? Did they get divorced?