Breaking Point of Divorce (Hugh and Bethan) novel Chapter 176

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Bethan pushed Hugh away and stood up.

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Standing right in front of him, she said earnestly, “Hugh, it’s you who’s playing dumb. I’m trying to help you. I don’t believe you can’t figure it out.”

Hugh grabbed the back of Bethan’s neck and pulled her closer.

He locked eyes with Bethan and said, “How many times do I gotta tell you? I’m protecting her so Grandpa won’t hassle her and the kid again. Other than that kid, there’s nothing between me and her. Don’t take those words I blurted out in front of Grandpa to heart.”

Despite Hugh’s earnest explanations, Bethan just let out a laugh.

She queried him, “Hugh, it’s a fact you’ve got a son with Megan, right? You’ll be raising that child together till the day you both die, right?

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give them your body, your life, your time, your money, your energy. Everything you’ve got already belongs to them. So, what are you pretending for?

“You can go against your grandpa, disobey your parents, and betray our marriage for them. I’m even jealous

of how you feel about Megan. Can you stop acting so innocent?”

They stared at each other, and the room sank into a heavy silence.

The atmosphere was so stifling that it felt like one couldn’t breathe.

After a long moment, Hugh asked Bethan, “So, tell me, what do you want?”

Bethan flashed a self-deprecating smile. “If I don’t do what you want, you either threaten me or send me to jail. What can I do? What can I dare to do?”

There was nothing left in that nonchalant smile but the remnants of a once-passionate love.

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He staggered back a couple of steps, twitched the corner of his mouth, but couldn’t get a word out.

He’d resorted to underhanded tactics to keep her by his side.

All he’d ever wanted was to save their marriage. Hugh never meant to really hurt her.

Bethan looked at Hugh’s pained expression and said, “Hugh, I know you’re not admitting your feelings for Megan and not being with her openly because you’re scared of your grandfather.”

Before Hugh could say a word. Bethan patted her chest and promised. “Don’t worry. You two can love each other freely. I’ll take the heat for anything that happens. You don’t have to step in. I’ll be the bad guy. I’ll never let the woman you love get hurt.”

With that, Bethan turned and made her way to the bathroom.

She closed her eyes and lay quietly in the bathtub, feeling neither happy nor sad, and there was no trace of

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reluctance in her heart.

The current outcome wasn’t worth the Bethan who had given her all.

So, it shouldn’t be her who felt regret.

Once, she thought Hugh was her last refuge and her only emotional support.

Now she got it.

Her emotional support could be music, travel, books, or her career, but never a person.

It didn’t matter.

She could love wholeheartedly and let go gracefully.

Bethan just didn’t want it anymore.

Next door in the bathroom, Hugh stood under the cold shower, cranking the temperature down lower and lower.

Propping his hands against the tiled wall, he hung his Head and slumped his shoulders. He was utterly spent?7

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heavy sense of oppression pressing down on his entire being.

She loathed him.

Loathed his threats, his sneaky moves, and his betrayal.

Hugh lingered under the icy spray, hoping to cool his heated thoughts.

Finally, he stepped out, grabbed the gift, and made his way into the bedroom. Bethan was already tucked in.

Their eyes met in a silent exchange. Hugh placed the gift on the bedside table and wordlessly slid into bed.

Bethan picked up on Hugh’s irritation. “Where’d you leave the medicine I fixed for you today?” she asked.

“Left it at the office,” Hugh grumbled.

“Alright then,” Bethan replied, switched off her phone, and settled down. “Take a sleeping pill. That’ll do for tonight.”

high just kept his mouth shut.

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Trying to rein in his annoyance, Hugh reached for the gift box and turned to face Bethan.

But she rolled over, giving him her back. “I gotta get up

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