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A few mornings later, inside the Cavill Group CEO’s
office.
Jacob stood in front of Hugh’s desk, delivering his report. “Mr. Cavill, Megan confessed to every charge the night she was locked up. She got life in prison.
“She’s been throwing fits, banging her head against the wall, biting a guard… Her mental state’s totally gone.”
Hugh’s jaw tightened. “What about the others?”
“Colin refused to take Hudson. He cut the Ridley family a ten-million check for child support and flew back to Canada this morning.”
Jacob paused. “Megan’s family took the money. They’re packing up to move to Chicago with Hudson.”
Seeing Hugh’s lack of response, Jacob quietly exited the office.
Hugh sat alone in his leather executive chair, staring at thegempty desk.
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Everything was finally over. Now, he could focus on winning Bethan back.
He wanted her home. Wanted to remarry her.
He pulled the crystal pendant from his pocket-the one Bethan had made herself.
She told him about the dream she had. the dream about their lost baby. She drew the picture by hand, then used AI to clean up the tiny, delicate photo. She locked it inside the pendant and gave it to him.
A reminder of the pain they both felt, a way to make him regret the life they could’ve had.
Clutching the pendant to his chest. Hugh dialed Bethan’s number.
After work that evening. Bethan went to the agreed meeting place-Olsen Manor, where the Olsen family had lived for years.
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She stepped out of her car, walking through the familiar iron gates toward the living room.
Memories flooded her: warm, happy moments from her childhood, from their early years together.
She stopped when she saw Hugh standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, lost in thought.
He wore black slacks and a crisp white shirt, like he’d been waiting there for hours.
He turned at the sound of her footsteps.
In the spacious living room, they faced each other. Silence
stretched between them.
Bethan stayed put as Hugh approached.
He stopped in front of her, placing a key in her palm.
His eyes locked on hers. “This is your childhood home. I bought it back for you last month.”
Bethan stared at the key, then slipped it back into his suit Bogket. “If I wanted it, I’d have bought it myself
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She’d agreed to meet here to end things, once and for all. This was where their story began, and this was where it would end.
Hugh’s brows furrowed.
His voice was low, careful, almost desperate. “Bethan, I took Megan down myself. She’ll never bother us again. Please, stop pushing me away.”
He reached for her hand, but Bethan stepped back, avoiding his touch.
Her expression was cold, unyielding, as she met his pained gaze. “Hugh, you still don’t get it. What’s between us has nothing to do with Megan. Nothing to do with anyone else.”
Hugh cut her off. “If Megan hadn’t been in the picture, our marriage would’ve never fallen apart.”
Bethan let out a bitter laugh.
If Megan hadn’t existed, things would’ve stayed the same -him on his pedestal, the perfect businessman, the “good
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guy” everyone admired.
She’d still be clinging to illusions, orbiting his life without a sense of self, while he only showed passion for her behind closed doors.
After a beat, Bethan spoke. “No one forced you to do what you did for Megan and her son. Every choice-lying to me, protecting her at my expense, ignoring me to take care of her, threatening me to keep her around… it was all
yours.
“Everything you did, you did because you wanted to. Because that’s what you chose. Don’t blame anyone else.”
Hugh’s eyes filled with agony. “I know I was wrong. But Bethan, Megan and I were never anything. I never touched her. Never thought about leaving you for her.”
He stepped closer, his gaze burning into hers. “For the sake of our twenty-odd years of childhood friendship… please, give me one more chance.”
Bethan stood rigid, her face impassive. “Emotional cheating is still cheating. And precisely because we had
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forgive you.”
A sharp pain tore through Hugh’s chest. His eyes glistened with tears as he stumbled back. He tried to smile, but it came out as a broken grimace.
Bethan glanced around the familiar room. “If I hadn’t fought for a divorce back then, if I just shut up, accepted Megan and Hudson, and stayed obedient by your side… would you have chosen me?”
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