I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

Chapter 380 It Was Deception

As they chatted, they reached the blood draw room.

Harper knocked and pushed Eleanor in, where other people were already present, separated by curtains. Eleanor was assisted by a nurse and laid on the examination bed to have her blood drawn. Suddenly, a nurse asked, "Why didn't your daughter come with you?"

"She was busy preparing for a concert and couldn't make it," somebody replied.

Harper recognized it immediately as Wanda's voice.

Harper frowned slightly, so Lauren didn't come to the hospital to accompany Wanda.

Harper didn't dwell on it, merely overhearing the conversation as she passed by.

After accompanying Eleanor for her blood draw, Harper pushed her wheelchair ahead while Sean helped Wanda walk behind. Harper, wearing a mask at Eleanor's request, went unrecognized. Just as Harper considered speeding up to keep a distance, Sean's disgruntled voice came from behind. He said, "Lauren hasn't been here for days. Has she stopped caring?"

"Keep your voice down. What if someone hears us? Lauren may not be related to us by blood, but she's already done so much. If we keep demanding more, what if she decides to cut us off?" Wanda cautiously laid out the situation to Sean, who seemed to see the logic in it and thus remained silent.

However, their conversation left Harper in shock.

Lauren wasn't their biological child.

was too sudden, and her first thought was whether

back to her room, Harper headed straight

Since their last candid conversation, things have become somewhat lighter between Harper and Dorcas. They nodded in greeting, and then Dorcas promptly left to avoid interrupting Harper's time with Benjamin. Once Dorcas had left, Harper asked Benjamin, "I just went to the hospital with Eleanor

face was inscrutable, sparking curiosity

What did you hear?" Benjamin asked with a faint

severe tone, "Did Lauren ever tell you that she's not biologically related to her

Benjamin replied calmly, showing no sign

asked, "Benjamin, doesn't that strike

for a

tell you

out." Benjamin

asked, "And

genuinely wondered, which only confused Harper

Harper's

stared curiously at Benjamin, suddenly unsure how to respond to his question. Frowning, Harper said, "She lied to you, doesn't

handsome face serene, his words betraying no concern. Perhaps to him, it was just a trivial

a different meaning in

regretted

Lauren's mother had

it. Initially shocked by