Breaking Point of Divorce (Hugh and Bethan) novel Chapter 282

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The moment Hugh saw Arthur, he lost his appetite completely.

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Arthur set the roasted chicken on the dining table and dropped into his chair without ceremony.

Seeing Hugh’s cold expression, Arthur said, “A proper apology has to be sincere. Just saying sorry won’t cut it.”

“You know what they say-eat what you need to heal,” Arthur continued. “I’ll give you both drumsticks in a bit.”

Hugh put his hand on Bethan’s shoulder. “I’m not hungry. Help me to bed.”

Bethan helped Hugh onto the bed. “Alright, Arthur and I will eat first. You can eat whenever you get hungry.”

Hugh fell into silence.

When Bethan came back, Arthur handed her a drumstick. “Bethy, since he’s not eating, perfect-one for each of us.”

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Hugh stared at the pair at the dining table with zero expression, his face getting darker by the minute.

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Ever since he’d known Bethan, she’d always stayed close to him during meals. Anything she thought was delicious, she’d make him try. Especially when he wasn’t feeling well.

But now-now he was injured and stuck in the hospital, and she was treating him with such… indifference.

Hugh closed his eyes in pain.

After lunch, Bethan cleaned up.

Arthur noticed how tired Bethan looked. “It’s too noisy in here. Why don’t you rest in the office? I’ll watch him.”

Seeing Hugh lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed like a corpse, Bethan walked straight out of the

room.

Once outside, Bethan felt weird about leaving the two alone. She called Jacob, asking him to get back to the hospital ASAP.

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Jacob quickly hung up and turned to Megan. “Ms. Ridley, the Cavill Group is dealing with cash flow problems right now, and Mr. Cavill is in the hospital. Please be patient- we can talk about this once Mr. Cavill gets discharged.”

Hearing that Hugh was hospitalized, Megan immediately said, “What happened to Hugh? Take me to see him,

now!”

Jacob wouldn’t dare. “Ms. Ridley, you’d better not go. His mother is staying by his bedside day and night. Your being there might be… awkward.”

Remembering she still owed Fiona a ton of money, Megan immediately backed down. “Well, if you put it that way, Jacob, I guess I won’t go cause trouble then.”

Megan’s eyes got red. “But the kid and I really can’t make ends meet anymore. Jacob, could you lend me some money for emergencies? Just a hundred thousand? Once Hugh gets out, I’ll have him pay you back immediately.”

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“Ms. Ridley,” Jacob said, “I hand over my entire paycheck to my wife. I really don’t have that much to lend you.”

Megan backed down. “Fine, not a hundred thousand-but surely you have ten or twenty thousand?”

Seeing that Jacob still wouldn’t lend money, Megan started crying. “It looks like Hugh really doesn’t care about us anymore.”

Watching Megan cry on and on, Jacob finally caved. “Ten thousand. I only have ten thousand.”

Megan would take even ten thousand. She never planned to pay it back anyway.

Just as Jacob finished transferring ten thousand dollars to Megan, his wife and sister-in-law happened to walk by with a baby stroller and caught him red-handed.

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his hands protecting his face for dear life.

The whole scene turned into absolute chaos.

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Jacob showed up at Hugh’s hospital room over an hour later.

Seeing Jacob walk in, Arthur stood up and left.

Once the door closed, Hugh asked Jacob, “How did it go?”

Jacob told him about meeting with Megan and getting beaten up by his wife and sister-in-law afterward.

Hugh tried to comfort him. “Getting beaten by your wife isn’t embarrassing. Just hang in there a little longer.”

Hugh saw Jacob’s defeated expression and said, “When this is all over, I’ll give you a month off with pay and double your year-end bonus.”

Jacob perked up instantly. “Mr. Cavill, Ms. Ridley borrowed ten thousand from me.”

Hugh couldn’t help but frown.

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Even now, Megan hadn’t asked Hudson’s biological father for help.

Who was the guy behind her?

Did he have any direct connection to Leonard’s death?

What exactly was Megan hiding?

When Bethan came to the hospital room that afternoon, only Hugh was there.

Hugh held out his hand toward Bethan. “Help me to the bathroom.”

Bethan didn’t move. “Hugh, your legs aren’t broken. Do you really need to be this dramatic?”

Hugh reminded her, “You promised to take care of me. And this is how you do it? You won’t even help me up?”

Reluctantly, Bethan came over to help. “Maybe we should have Megan come take care of you instead.”

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Watching Hugh walk perfectly fine into the bathroom, Bethan was speechless.

Looked like she’d just have to deal with this until Hugh got discharged.

Arthur knocked and walked in, seeing Bethan looking stressed. He teased, “What are you thinking about? You look like you’re about to have a breakdown.”

Bethan smiled a little. “Nothing.”

“Bethan,” Arthur said, “let’s go racing when you have time.”

“Okay,” Bethan agreed.

Seeing Hugh come out of the bathroom, Bethan actually reached out to help him this time.

Hugh glanced at Bethan. “Why is Arthur here again?”

“No one wanted to hang out,” Arthur said, “so I came over to play a few rounds with Bethy.”

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she didn’t play games with Arthur. Hugh stayed on the hospital bed dealing with work stuff, while Arthur lay on the couch with headphones in, gaming alone.

Bethan grabbed a thin blanket and draped it over Arthur’s legs, then put together a fruit platter and set it beside him.

Hugh kept watching Bethan from the corner of his eye as she moved around.

Seeing her patiently taking care of Arthur made his expression get darker and darker.

When Mason showed up that evening, Arthur was already asleep on the sofa.

Bethan went into the kitchenette to make dinner for Hugh while Mason talked with Hugh in the room.

Mason glanced at Arthur lying on the sofa and said to Hugh, “Going this far just to keep Bethan here taking care of you. What kind of married couple acts like this?”

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Mason gave Hugh a meaningful look, then woke Arthur and left with him.

Hugh got out of bed.

She was standing by the kitchenette, making his dinner while on a video call with Calvin’s kids. The smile on her face-it was real. Completely genuine.

Something twisted in Hugh’s chest. He couldn’t even name the feeling.

It just hurt. Made everything feel tight and suffocating.

Before he knew it, he’d walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

Startled, Bethan quickly hung up the video call.

Bethan pushed against Hugh, trying to break free. “Dinner’s done. Are you eating now or waiting?”

Hugh blocked her in, cornering her in the tiny kitchen. He stared into her eyes. “Bethan, why? Why do you treat everyone else-hell, even complete strangers-better than Pou treat me? Your husband?”

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