Romans & histoires I Once Married You Novel Harper And Benjamin

That is ten lives we might change. "Might? Will. You will change their lives." We drove home exhausted and happy. In bed that night, Evelyn curled into my arms. "Best day of my life," she murmured. "Mine too." "Thank you, Benjamin. For everything." "You do not have to thank me. This is our life. Our dream. Our future." "Our future," she repeated. "I like the sound of that." We fell asleep tangled together, married, happy, complete. And somewhere across town, in a prison cell, Richard Harrison sat alone.

“But if we’re going to work together and keep eyes off us... then like Richard, we need to bind our alliance with marriage.” Mrs. Harper looked away. “Sophia is not a pawn.” Lucas leaned in. “Everyone in your world is. Think about it. Marriage makes our alliance permanent, and untouchable. I’ll wait for your answer.” He stood, collected his cane, and left her sitting in silence. BACK TO PRESENT “I said NO, Sophia,” Mrs. Harper snapped, snapping herself back from the memory. “I’m not going to let you throw yourself into something like that.” “Is it because he limps?” Sophia spat, her voice shaking. “Is that it?”

“Don’t be nervous, Imara. I just want to spend some time with you before those two change their minds.” Imara huffed through her nose as she smiled. “I can’t hardly help it. My hearts beating out of my chest. Believe it or not, this is the first time I’ve ever been called on by a man.” Ben lifted his arm from the seatback then slid it around Imara’s shoulder and pulled her into his side. “And it’ll be the last time because I’m going to marry you, Imara.” She looked up in his face and bit her lip as she looked in his eyes. She wasn’t sure she heard him right, but she didn’t care. Imara just wanted everything to stay just as it was right now.

"Your skin is thicker than a rhinoceros’s hide if you believe you can disrespect the designer’s wishes after trashing her boutique. It is no small wonder your own husband has taken to avoiding you all these years. If I married someone like you, I’d swap teams too." Annalise’s face purpled. Her marriage with Benjamin Hawthorne was lukewarm at best, since everything had been arranged by Horace Hawthorne. No matter how much she tried to open his heart, he never reciprocated. There were even rumors that he preferred men. This was a secret kept from the rest of society.

The pause that followed carried weight. "Lisa’s still the one I want." Benjamin’s voice softened in a way it never had during our four years of marriage. "She always was. Now that she’s back… now that she’s unmarried and raising Lily on her own, I have a chance at the life I should’ve had." "Alice is still your wife."

In a week, Sophia was married to Harper. She did not say anything, she did not object. After the marriage, her father had to flew to another country for the transplant and now she was all alone. She was sitting in the room when she saw Harper's car entering the house. She did not see him from past two days since they got married. The door opened and she heard Harper entering the room. Seeing her sitting near the window, Harper's heart ached. He walked towards her and sat on the floor near her but she did not look at him.

"Then you walked into my office. At first, I thought you looked like my Dora, but you were married and your hair was different. I thought your married name was Leonard. I knew my girl wasn't married to anyone but me, so I dropped the idea of it within a few minutes. However, I was and still am strongly attracted to you. As the weeks and months passed, I stopped thinking about Dora and started to think about you. I needed and wanted to protect you and your boys. I'll always protect all three of you. My feelings for you started to overshadow what I felt for Dora so much that I stopped looking for her, and I didn't follow up on the fact that I never got the marriage certificate. But she's you..

I was getting married, and the groom was my cousin’s boyfriend. But on the wedding day, I was not the bride. I was tied up in the dressing room while the celebration went on outside. Suddenly, the wedding march stopped, and the wedding turned chaotic. I sat in my wheelchair and waited for someone to save me and for the person who did this to me to get punished. After all, the best part always happened at the end! Just then, the door opened. “Police!”

Harper danced with her father, Emery with her family, and eventually both stood together beneath lantern lights as guests circled them in celebration. Maya raised a toast, voice loud and joyful: “To love that doesn’t just survive… but changes the world.” Glasses clinked across the courtyard as Harper leaned into Emery’s shoulder, overwhelmed with happiness. ⸻ 🌌 Chapter 99 Emotional Anchor — The First Moment of Married Life Later that night, after guests departed and music faded, Harper and Emery stood alone on the balcony overlooking the river valley. “You’re my wife,” Harper whispered, voice filled with disbelief and wonder.

I stand in front of her, turning slightly so she can see it properly, wondering if I look like someone about to get married or just a girl pretending to belong somewhere she does not. “You look perfect,” Carmen says with a soft smile, though her eyes look suspiciously glossy. I try to smile back even though it doesn't come easily. “I guess the next time I see you… I’ll already be a married woman.” I say, and the words sound strange in my mouth. Married. It feels too grown and too permanent, even if it is only on paper. She steps forward and wraps her arms around me without hesitation, holding me tighter than usual as I press my face into her shoulder, breathing in the familiar scent of her h