Breaking Point of Divorce (Hugh and Bethan) novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268 The One Should Be Out

Megan, frantic, pointed at her. “Stop pretending! You can’t bear to leave Hugh. You can’t bear to give up the Cavill family’s power and status!”

Megan stood in the rain, eyes red, voice breaking. “If you really wanted to cut ties, you’d have left this country and never looked back! But you’re still here—you want him to turn around, regret everything, crawl back to you and your so-called family!”

Bethan stood under her umbrella, unruffled.

When Megan finished venting, Bethan said coolly, “I grew up here in New York. My family’s here. My friends, my classmates, my career. My favorite bakery, the best steakhouses, my alma mater…This city has carried over twenty years of my life. It’s my roots.

“Why would I abandon all of that, leave everything behind, just because of a man who betrayed me?”

Megan shot back, “Bethan, you studied psychology, You55 know that when a woman truly wants a divorce, she’ll

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you’d have gone!”

Bethan’s lips curved. “I’m not your average woman.”

She met Megan’s eyes. “To give up my life and run abroad for a cheating man? That’s not solving problems-it’s an excuse, an escape, punishing myself for someone else’s mistakes. That’s giving up.”

“I haven’t wronged anyone,” Bethan said. “The one who should be out isn’t me.”

She looked at the drenched, broken Megan, turned coldly, and walked away.

She believed in rising where she fell.

She’d live brilliantly, happier than ever.

Those who’d hurt her would never get close again, never- sway her.

Across the street, a black luxury car’s window rolled down.

High watched Bethan’s figure vanish from sigh. 17:55

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Mason pointed at Megan, slumped in the rain. “I know you feel bad. Bethan’s gone. Why don’t you get out and

check on her?”

Hugh lit a cigarette, slow and deliberate. “No need for the sarcasm. I’m keeping Megan around for a reason.”

Mason eyed him. “Haven’t seen you in a while. Your mindset’s changed fast.”

Hugh, cigarette in hand, watched Megan’s every move.

“Bethan and I are separated,” he said. “Don’t stir the pot.”

Mason asked, “If Megan really is guilty of something, would you send her in? Could you?”

Hugh glanced at him. “The law’s the line for everyone. No exceptions.”

Mason scoffed. “No matter what you do, it’s useless. The day Bethan ended her pregnancy without telling you, she ripped you out of her heart, roots and all.”

Pain flickered in Hugh’s deep eyes.

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believe Bethan and I can work things out.”

Mason’s lips twitched, but he held back.

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Seeing Megan across the street, taking a call and hurrying into a taxi, Mason said, “Where’s she off to this late?”

Hugh stubbed out his half-smoked cigarette. “Follow her.”

Late at night, Mason and Hugh tailed Megan from the train station to the apartment Hugh had provided her.

Seeing her rush out of the car with a man and enter the complex, Mason nudged Hugh. “Your mistress is bringing her lover home. Not gonna catch them in the act?”

Hugh shot him a look and called Jacob. “Pull up the surveillance.”

Mason whistled, bored, and drove off.

On the ninth floor, as the elevator doors slid open, they found Gwen slumped against the apartment door, half-asleep.

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late?”

Gwen looked up. Mason spotted a slap mark on her face. “Who hit you? I’ll deal with them.”

Gwen, aggrieved, told Mason, “My dad.”

Mason’s clenched fist loosened. “Never mind, then.”

Hugh opened the door, and the three went inside.

Gwen explained, “Today, Mom and Dad fought. Dad got mad and smashed Mom’s wedding bracelet. She was so upset that she didn’t eat all day. I couldn’t stand it, so I spoke up for her, and Dad slapped me.”

Mason handed her an ice pack. “Next time they fight, stay out of it.”

Seeing Hugh silent on the couch, Mason prodded, “Hugh, your sister got hit. Say something.”

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Hugh countered, “Why don’t you?”

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Mason grabbed Gwen. “Come on, let’s go. Ignore him.”

After they left, Hugh was alone in the empty room.

He surveyed the silence, pulled out the crystal glass pendant he always carried, and warmed it in his hand.

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The next day at noon, the rain showed no sign of stopping.

Hugh knocked and entered Bethan’s office.

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