Breaking Point of Divorce (Hugh and Bethan) novel Chapter 118

Chapter 118 Are You Even Human?

Without warning, the woman burst into tears.

Everyone was stunned.

Vincent hurried to her side. “Nicole, what’s wrong?”

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Bethan recognized her. It was Nicole Lloyd, Daniel’s wife.

Nicole sobbed, pleading, “Vincent, please, help get Daniel

out too!”

Bethan’s voice was sharp as she confronted her. “Nicole, I’ve got no bad blood with Daniel. Why would he frame

me?”

Since his arrest, Daniel had clammed up, refusing to speak or meet with anyone.

Bethan was certain Nicole knew something.

Nicole’s voice was resolute through her tears. “Bethy, Daniel’s honest to a fault. He’d never break the law,’

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Please, I’m begging!”

Molly tugged Bethan’s coat, tears streaming. “Aunt Bethan, I want my daddy.”

Bethan stared at the girl calling her aunt, her hands clenching at her sides.

Now it clicked. Daniel’s daughter needed urgent, expensive treatment.

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Hugh had preyed on that desperation, knowing Daniel wouldn’t risk his daughter’s life by retracting his

accusation.

Watching the mother and daughter weep, thinking of her own mother in the ICU and her lawyer’s refusal to even meet, Bethan took a deep breath.

Then, she turned and left the room.

In the hospital corridor, she dialed Hugh’s number repeatedly, firing off messages.

But it was like shouting into a void-no response, no sign

of life.

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She went to Cavill Manor, then to the Regal Club, and even to Megan’s neighborhood, but Hugh was nowhere to be found.

Desperate, she headed for Blue Bay Community, the city’s most exclusive enclave.

At one in the morning, Hugh stepped out of the elevator and froze.

There, slumped against the wall by his door, was Bethan, her body trembling as if on the verge of collapse.

He stopped, his gaze unreadable. “You came here for something?”

After two sleepless nights in detention and a day of desperate running, Bethan was unraveling.

Worry for her mother’s frail health, for Molly’s leukemia battle, and her legal troubles pressed down like a gathering storm.

She’d been exhausted to her bones, but the sight of Hugh sparked a wildfire in her. Fury propelled her weakened frame as she stormed toward him, teeth gritted with 20:14

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Hugh caught her wrist, his fingers closing around her chilled skin.

A frown creased his brow as he pulled her inside, her protests swallowed by the closing door.

Bethan’s emotions spiraled, a tempest unleashed.

She tore free and hurled whatever she could reach at him.

Hugh sidestepped her onslaught with ease, then closed the distance, pinning her wrists.

His voice was cold as frost. “If you’re here to throw a fit instead of fixing this, you can leave.”

Ignoring the ache in her wrists, Bethan wrenched free and seized his suit lapel, her voice quaking with accusation.

“Daniel’s family are good, honest people. Molly’s nine, fighting leukemia, and you used them? Are you even

human?”

Hugh stood unmoved, letting her grip his jacket, his tone maddeningly calm. “That was his choice.”

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She felt utterly powerless, gazing at the man before her. At that moment, she felt she had never really known him.

Her eyes burned red, lips trembling as she spat each word like venom. “Hugh, I’ll make you pay.”

Then, she released him and turned to leave.

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