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.

long legs and a strikingly handsome face. His deep-set eyes were particularly captivating. Dressed in

few seconds later, he raised his hand slightly, revealing an exquisite, luxurious watch on

back,"

who had just been messing around, reluctantly handed the phone back to

why do you want your

you

Harper's

so

around, glancing at the girl in the white dress sitting next to Benjamin. She was

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

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

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

help but look at

and didn't deny

crowd saw he didn't deny it,

no one means more to Benjamin

a message back to

don't need the umbrella. You should

had already turned away. She didn't have the courage to knock

she pulled

had washed over the report, smudging the

surprise him with the news, but now that seemed

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

a long moment, then let out a bitter laugh and slowly tore it to

to the Harvey Mansion, the butler opened the door

happened?

limbs were numb from the cold. As soon as she stepped inside, a servant wrapped a big

of them fussed

run a hot

another cup of

in a frenzy because Harper got soaked to the skin. So, no one noticed a car pulling up to

figure appeared at

happened?" Benjamin asked, his face

Harper was sitting on the couch. When

when he was supposed to be

Harvey got caught in the rain.

Harper, who was curling up on

got a closer

plastered to her pale skin, and her usually rosy lips were

Benjamin asked, his

breath, trying

later, she looked up at him and forced a bitter smile. "My phone died, and on the way back, I saw a kid without an umbrella, so I gave him mine." Benjamin's eyes

hell is

Harper's smile froze.

umbrella, so you gave him yours and got soaked yourself? How old are you? Did you think

standing around exchanged uneasy glances, not daring

tears starting

word,

and scooped her up that her

tossed her into the

kept her

lifted her

Harper walked out of the

on the couch, his long legs stretched out on the floor. In front of him was a laptop. It looked like he was still

out, he pointed to the cup