I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin) novel Chapter 383

Chapter 383 Burden

Benjamin looked at Harper with a solemn expression, his eyes seemingly telling her that he must go.

Harper's lips tightened into a small smile. "Then you should go," she said.

Benjamin hummed softly, then rose swiftly. He walked to the coat rack, grabbed his jacket, and headed straight out the door.

The sound of the office door closing was neither loud nor soft, but it felt as though Harper's heart was being shut as well.

Benjamin had said he didn't love Lauren, yet he rushed to her at a single word from her.

It was love.

Harper smiled wryly, sitting quietly in the office for a long while before she finally stood and left.

Seeing her emerge, Curtis quickly approached and asked, "Mrs. Martin, shall I drive you home?"

Curtis had been instructed explicitly by Benjamin before he left.

Harper shook her head and denied, "No need, my driver is waiting downstairs."

Curtis could only nod, then escorted her to the elevator and pressed the button for her, only returning to his post after she stepped in.

At that moment, Dorcas approached, holding a project proposal in her hand, and asked Curtis, "Are they still in there?"

"They've left. Mr. Martin had to step out, and Mrs. Martin just left."

"Did they leave separately?"

"Yes," Curtis replied.

Dorcas furrowed her brows slightly, then handed the proposal to Curtis and said, "Then you give this to him."

Curtis nodded and agreed.

Dorcas then asked, "Did Benjamin go out for something specific?"

Her affectionate address drew curious glances from those around, but out of respect for Benjamin's authority, they only muttered to themselves.

Just steps from the exit, overly excited, Lauren inadvertently kicked her horse, causing it to rear up suddenly. Lauren was thrown off the horse.

And everyone heard Lauren cried.

She fell to the ground, and luckily, the horse trainer was holding the reins. Otherwise, the horse's front legs would have trampled right on Lauren.

The scene was genuinely heart-stopping, and everyone was terrified.

Lauren hurt her foot in the fall and struggled to stand even with Rue's help.

She gritted her teeth and tried several times, but the pain in her foot was intense.

Looking distressed, she turned to Benjamin, her eyes brimming with tears from the shock and pain of the fall, and whispered, "Benjamin, can you hold me?"

Benjamin just furrowed his brow, and his face was expressionless.