Chapter 49 Car Accident âBenjamin, youâre all I have. If you donât even want me anymore, I might as well be dead.â
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got softer softer the more she spoke.
Laurenâs Finally, without waiting for Benjaminâs response, she hung up the phone and drove from Pineview Villa, Lauren was going to the Martin Manor to find Benjamin and ask him why he was doing this to her.
Benjamin just assumed she couldnât handle it, so he planned to tell her why when he back to Pineview Villa at night.
Except Lauren never came back.
He called, but there was no answer, Benjamin contacted Run, who simply replied that she hadnât met with .
Benjamin suddenly couldnât Lauren. In Mayby, the weather had been bad these days. It was raining heavily outside at the moment.
The bine w was already past ten in the evening.
Benjamin frowned slightly, and his expression was cold. Eventually, he picked up his cell phone and dialed a string of numbers out. âPull up surveillance footage of Lauren leaving Pineview Villa today and check where she went.â
âOkay, check right â Curtis responded immediately.
There was news in about half .
Lauren had driven away from Pineview Villa and had been driving around. Then, she found place to drink when it got dark. Afterward, Lauren had driven haphazardly toward the road at the Martin Manor. But she took the wrong intersection halfway there, and there was no surveillance on the after that, so they did not know exactly where she went.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Benjamin frowned and instructed Curtis in a love voice, âYou arrange for someone to find her, and also report to the police for help.â
H Ending the call, Benjamin then pushed open the bedroom door.
Harper was just coming out of the shower. The two of them locked eyes. He said a face, âLauren is missing.
Harper didnât say anything.
So Benjamin said, âHarper, donât you think you shouldnât have told her those things today? Itâs something you could have let me tell Lauren myself.â
She was flat and looked at Benjamin, saying, âI donât think I said anything wrong, so are you blaming me for making Lauren disappear?
Harper didnât think she was wrong. After all, Lauren had provoked her first.
âIâm not blaming you. I just you to understand that if you hadnât told Lauren, she might not have disappeared now because she got lost her car on the way to the Martin Manor.â
He finished, glanced at Harper, then casually grabbed a jacket and left.
Harper stood at her bedroom window and watched as he drove off into the rain and left Pineview Villa, Benjamin drove alone to meet up with Curtis. The car sped through the late night. The rain got heavier, and a dark blue lightning bolt bloomed in the night.
She clearly see the light of the lightning through the window and the deafening sound of thunder in her ears. It made Harper nervous.
Lauren had gotten lost on her way to the Martin Manor and lost contact Harper didnât like Lauren. But girl getting lost in the mountains and now it ostin was pouring rain wasnât something she wanted to see.
Harper was thinking of the cold face Benjamin had just worn when he accused her of not being able to tell Lauren that they werenât getting a Chapter 49 Car Accident divorce. He looked reserved and filled with coldness. Even though his tone was no different than usual, she could sense Benjaminâs displeasure.
He didnât get angry, probably because he was still recovering after she had just been discharged the hospital.
But the more Harper about it, the harder it became. For Laurenâs sake, he braved the pouring rain. Benjamin must have loved Lauren very much, more than she could ever imagine.
Harper smiled bitterly.
Outside, the rain seemed to get heavier, and a more ferocious bolt of lightning bloomed.
Harper was silent, and a vague uneasiness rising in the back of her mind.
After a long time, she was woken up by the ringing of her cell phone just as she was falling asleep.
was string of unfamiliar numbers. Harper immediately picked up the phone, a little nervous. âHello?â
âMrs. Martin, itâs me. Can you come to the hospital now? Mr. Martin has been in a car accident and is in the operating roomâ¦
The call was from Curtis.
Harper froze, unable listen to what he said lockjaw. Her face was expressionless, completely .
Harper whispered shaky voice, â
happened to him?â
âMr. Martin in a car accident on the roadâ¦â
That grip on the cell phone suddenly loosened, and the phone fell straight down. She immediately sat up, her eyes trembling slightly and her voice carrying a noticeable shake. âI knowâ¦Iâll be right thereâ¦â
Harper got dressed as as she could and went downstairs. It was now three in the morning, and the rain continued outside. All her thoughts were stuck on the fact that Benjamin had been in a car accident and was now in the hospital Instead of alerting the others, she drove to the hospital alone.
Along the way, Harperâs heart dropped like a roller coaster.
All she could do was silently pray that Benjamin would be okay.
An hour later, arrived at the door of the operating room.
Harper pale and panicked as she âAfter resuscitation, his condition is quite stable, with no lifeâthreatening injuries. However, the patient has a broken calf and multiple abrasions on his body. Everything will have to wait until the patient wakes .â
Harper relaxed a bit at this answer.
Only she became weak at the moment. Curtis immediately assisted her. âMrs. Martin, are you okay â
âIâm fine. Letâs get him back to the hospital room first.â
Curtis had checked in. It was a separate high class room.
Doctors and nurses gave a flurry of instructions before .
at the bruised on the bed, Harper had an feeling She had nothing do with what heâd become but for the woman who meant the most to him.
It was ridiculous Harper was silent and sad.
Curtis also noticed that Harperâs face wasnât looking very good and understood what Benjamin was doing to cause the way he was today.
He walked over to Harper and whispered, âMrs. Martin, donât you worry. Mr. Martin will be fine.â
âOkayâ
She answered faintly, and with that, atmosphere quieted down. Curtis didnât know what to say.
Benjaminâs anesthesia wouldnât wear off until after sunrise, so Harper sat in a chair next to the hospital bed and waited. During that time, Curtis poured her of water and reminded her to go to the couch to rest, but both refused Harper couldnât sleep at all. Her mind was a mess.
Benjamin had just said that he would not divorce for a while, but the next moment, he was hospitalized in a car accident for his beloved. If she had a choice, Harper would rather a divorce.
A long time later, the rain outside had stopped, and the sky gradually bright.
Curtis bought breakfast. âMrs. Martin, please eat something.â
âNo, Iâll eat later after I go back and wash up.â
She glanced at Benjamin in the hospital bed. It should be almost time before the anesthesia wears off. Harper wasnât going to meet with him at the moment because she didnât know what to say.
Harper looked over to Curtis and asked, âWhereâs Lauren?â