Worship The Ground You Walk On novel Chapter 8

When Ben arrived at the Laudia Club, it was already nine in the evening. His friends in the box had been drinking for a while. With two sexy beauties in his arm, Sean Dunphy was singing a love song affectionately.

Seeing Ben coming in, he put down the microphone and sat down beside him. “Dude, how’s it going?”

They were nice buddies, and Sean liked to make fun of him. Ben lit a cigarette, silent.

“We haven't seen each other for a while.” Sean patted Ben on the shoulder and held up his wine glass.

Ben leaned back, crossing her legs gracefully, and saying in a low voice, “Not in the mood.”

They had just met at the company yesterday.

Sean snorted coldly and drank a glass of wine. His escort was inviting him to sing. As he drank, he got up and said to Ben, "By the way, she's back!"

Ben smoked slowly, with an indifferent expression.

Sean finished his song just when Ben finished his cigarette. Before he was about to extinguish the butt, a soft female voice came--

"Sean, sing one more song! I missed the last one…"

The voice sounded like a heavenly melody to Ben. It broke the innermost silence in his heart.

He didn’t need to look up to know who that was.

"Okay, who would refuse Hanna Lewis’ request?" Sean said with a smirk.

Hanna smiled slightly and sat a few seats away from Ben.

She looked at him gently, smiling charmingly to greet him, "Ben."

He slowly raised his head and stared back.

“It’s been so long,” Hanna said.

He lowered his head and replied with a hoarse voice, “It is.”

“Let's have a glass of wine!" Hanna filled her glass and clinked with him.

She got drunk easily. The glass of whiskey soon made her cheeks flush like a juicy and tender peach, which made her look more attractive.

Ben sat there quietly and smoked, and the noise around him seemed to have little impact on him. He lit up one cigarette after another.

Sean looked at him and Hanna and sighed. He put his arms around the girls beside him and continued drinking and singing.

Late at night, Claudia was discharged from the hospital. In her dreams, she vaguely felt as if something was pressing on her chest and making it hard for her to breathe.

She struggled to open her eyes, and a familiar scent came in her nostril, yet it had blended with a strong smell of alcohol.

It was Ben, and he was drunk!

Claudia moved her body, and Ben leaned down, supported by one hand beside her head. In the dim light of the room, he was taking off his clothes with his sultry eyes squinted.

He felt hot and sweaty. Claudia knew exactly what he was going to do.

The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. She even wanted to escape...

His cool lips pressed on hers. He was going harder and harder, which gradually turned into an aggressive kiss.

She had always paid attention to everything about him since she was a child because she loved him. So, she knew that Hanna is the one he loved and had missed.

She felt a sharp pain in her lower belly. Some warm liquid was about to flow down. Claudia was startled and quickly stepped into the bathroom.

The bright red blood was so frightening.

She knew this was serious, therefore she had the housekeeper send her to the hospital.

After she had a series of checks and tests, Winifred came over. Claudia was lying in bed in the emergency room, so Winifred asked the doctor...

The doctor looked at Ben and hesitated to say something. Finally, she said with a serious face, “Mr. Crawford, Mrs. Crawford is in the third trimester of her pregnancy. You should call sexual intercourse off for a while!"

Sexual…

Winifred was surprised. The doctor didn’t dare say more. After some routine examination, the doctor and the nurse left.

Ben’s face was gloomy, and the expression in his dark eyes was complicated.

Winifred frowned and warned him outside the ward, “I told you to focus on the safety of the baby. You should restrain yourself!”

He stood aside, emotionless. After a long time, he told the housekeeper before he left, "Keep her in the hospital until the baby is born!"

The housekeeper bent over and nodded. “Yes, sir.”

Claudia heard every word of his. She could imagine his offish face although he was on the other side of the wall.

“Our marriage was not built on love. Don't you understand?” Claudia talked to herself. She was inconsolable with a broken heart.