I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

Chapter 1 The Divorce

"Congratulations! You're pregnant. Your baby is perfectly fine."

Hearing the doctor's words, Harper clutched the report in her hand, looking stunned.

She was both shocked and thrilled, hardly believing her ears.

"You'll need to come here for regular check-ups. Where's the baby's father? I need to talk him through some precautions."

After snapping back to reality, Harper replied with an awkward smile, "My husband couldn't make it today."

"Sorry to hear that. But no matter how busy he is, he should be here for you and your baby."

By the time Harper stepped out of the hospital, it was already drizzling outside.

Harper gently touched her belly, marveling that a life was growing inside her.

It was her and Benjamin's baby...

Suddenly, her phone buzzed.

She glanced at the screen; it was a message from her husband, Benjamin.

"It's raining. Bring me an umbrella."

There was an address for a club attached to it.

Harper couldn't help but wonder what kind of place it was, especially since Benjamin said he had a meeting today.

But Harper didn't hesitate much. She told the driver to take her to the club.

Once they reached the club entrance, she said to the driver, "You can head back now."

"Ma'am, you don't need me to wait for you?" the driver asked.

Harper thought for a moment and shook her head. "No, it's fine. I'll go home with my husband later."

Since she was there for Benjamin, she might as well wait and go home with him.

As she requested, the driver quickly drove away.

What started as a light drizzle had turned into a full-blown downpour at that time.

Harper walked up to the club entrance with an umbrella in hand.

It was a billiards club, and the place looked pretty upscale.

As she walked, Harper couldn't stop thinking about the pregnancy report.

She was torn between telling Benjamin about the pregnancy right away or waiting to surprise him on his birthday.

Before long, Harper reached the door of room 203, but just as she was about to knock, she froze.

The voices coming from inside the room drained her face of its color.

"No way, Benjamin! You really think your so-called wife will bring you an umbrella? Does she seriously think you'll get wet?"

"She must be head over heels for you. She can't even think straight!"

"That's nonsense."

A lazy, deep voice came from the corner of the room.

eyes were particularly captivating. Dressed in a tailored gray suit, he crossed

he raised his hand slightly, revealing

back,"

messing around,

why do you want your phone back so

for Lauren being here, you wouldn't even have

Harper's face

so long that she almost forgot that

was joking around, glancing at the girl in the white dress sitting next to Benjamin. She was pretty and had a gentle

softly and said, "Come on, guys. It's not cool to prank with Benjamin's phone, and now you're teasing me

wasn't about to let it go, chiming in, "Everyone knows Lauren is the most

ask Benjamin,

look at

smirked and didn't deny

crowd saw he didn't deny it,

one means more to

the crowd's jeers, Benjamin quickly shot a message back to Harper, his

read, "I don't need

Harper got the message, she had already turned away. She didn't have the courage to knock

club, she pulled the pregnancy report out of

over the

surprise him with the

just wanted her to bring the umbrella so she

a long moment, then let out a bitter laugh and slowly

she got back to the Harvey Mansion, the butler opened the door and was startled

happened? Come in,

a servant wrapped a big towel around her and

of them fussed

run a hot bath for Mrs.

another cup

to the skin. So, no one noticed a car pulling up to

a tall figure

Benjamin asked, his face

on the

back when he was supposed to

got caught in the rain. She's soaked," One of the

who was curling up on the couch. Then he strode over with

got a closer look at

like a drowned rat. Her soft hair was plastered to her pale skin, and her usually

asked, his brows knitted and his

took a deep breath, trying to keep her emotions

smile. "My phone died, and on the

is

Harper's smile froze.

soaked yourself? How old are

glances, not

dropped, tears starting

word, desperately holding

walked over and scooped her up

into the

Harper kept her head

Benjamin was gone, she finally lifted her

walked out of the bathroom,

stretched out on the floor. In front of him was a laptop. It looked like he was still dealing with

he saw her come out, he pointed to the cup of ginger tea next to