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

hand slightly, revealing an

it back,"

had just been messing around, reluctantly

do you want your

Lauren being here, you wouldn't even have had a

door, Harper's face turned

Lauren in ages, so long that she almost forgot that she

girl in the white dress

smiled softly and said, "Come on, guys. It's not cool to prank with Benjamin's phone,

next to her wasn't about to let it go, chiming in, "Everyone

if you ask Benjamin, he'd say the same, right

help but look at Benjamin

just smirked and

didn't deny it, and their teasing got even

one means more to Benjamin

Benjamin quickly shot a message back to Harper,

need the umbrella. You

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

the club, she pulled

rain had washed over the report, smudging

with the news, but now

he just wanted her to bring the umbrella so she could be

the report for a long moment, then let out a bitter laugh and

butler opened the

Harvey! What happened?

as she stepped inside, a servant wrapped a

whole group of them fussed over

hot bath for

cup of ginger

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

later, a tall figure

Benjamin asked, his face

that moment, Harper was sitting on the couch. When she

why he was back when he was

in the

up on the couch. Then he

he got a closer look at her, Benjamin

rat. Her soft hair was plastered to her pale skin, and her usually rosy lips were now

happened to you?" Benjamin asked, his brows knitted and

trying to keep her emotions in

died, and on the way back, I saw a kid without an umbrella, so I gave him mine." Benjamin's eyes turned icy

is wrong with

Harper's smile froze.

and got soaked yourself? How old are you? Did you think

exchanged uneasy glances,

tears starting to

a word,

Benjamin walked over and scooped her up that her hot tears finally fell onto her

her into the bathroom and then

Harper kept

was gone, she finally lifted her head and

Harper walked out of the

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

pointed to the