Chapter 343 Don’t Abandon Me
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Step by step, Hugh walked toward Bethan, his movements numb, as if controlled by an invisible force.
Unable to resist, he wrapped his arms around her from behind, pulling her close.
Bethan stiffened instantly, then began to struggle, her body tensing with resistance.
Hugh held her tighter, refusing to let go, his muffled voice thick with unendurable pain.
“Bethy, I want to go back. Back to how we were.”
Her voice was colder than the seawater lapping at their feet. “Hugh, stop fooling yourself.”
They could never go back-never, not in a million years.
Seizing the split second when Hugh hesitated, she wrenched herself free.
He grabbed her hands, his emotions fraying at the edges, on the verge of collapse.
His Adam’s apple bobbed uncontrollably, his tone cautious, humble-begging, even.
Eyes bloodshot with unshed tears, Hugh stared into hers. “I
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know-I made unforgivable mistakes during our marriage. I lost sight of my original intention, broke the vows I made to you at our wedding.”
“Bethy, if I could trade my heart for a new one-would you let us
start over?”
Bethan looked at him, expressionless. “If you changed your heart… would you still be you?”
Their eyes locked, warm tears swirling in Hugh’s sockets.
He squeezed her hands tightly, nodding frantically, his voice trembling. “It’s me! I’m your Huggie-always!”
Standing calm and steady before him, Bethan corrected him, her voice firm. “You’re not. Not now, not even if you changed your heart. You’ll never be him again.
“The Huggie I loved… died a long time ago.”
“No!” Hugh snapped, pulling her into a desperate embrace, “I’m still here! I’m right here, Bethy!”
She struggled in his arms, her voice sharp with agony. “Hugh, tell me how do you start over with someone who’s already dead?”
Unable to hold back any longer, Hugh sobbed, his body shaking, “Please, honey, don’t leave me. Don’t abandon me!”
Bethan spoke in a steady, gentle tone, as if pleading with him to
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stop, “Stop making this hard for me, Hugh.”
Pushing him away, she held his gaze, her words clear and unwavering.
“We’re both Scorpios-we both have clean obsessions. You can’t stand a woman who’s ‘dirty,’ and I can’t stand a man who’s ‘dirty’-not in body, not in mind.”
Hugh shook his head in disbelief, his voice desperate. “I said I’d change my heart! My body will be clean again! Give me one more chance. I’ll love you right this time, I swear!”
He didn’t even notice the word “love” slipping from his lips-the first time he’d said it to her in so long.
Taking her hand carefully, Hugh bowed his pride to the ground, humbling himself completely. “Bethy, I’ll go crazy without you.”
Bethan shook her head calmly, his words leaving no impression on her.
“Hugh, you won’t.”
He was a businessman, driven by profit-always calm, always calculating, always weighing the odds. He’d never lose his composure over a woman he’d long stopped caring about.
They stared at each other in silence, the air heavy with despair.
A searing pain tore through Hugh’s chest, so intense he
stumbled, barely able to stand.
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Bethan ignored his agony, yanking her hand free and turning to walk away.
However, behind her, a splash echoed-Hugh had collapsed into the sea.
Watching Jacob and the bodyguards rush toward the water from the beach, she kept walking, her steps steady, eyes red-rimmed but never looking back.
The long, rocky road they’d traveled together-its ending didn’t match the journey. A sharp, bitter sadness twisted in her chest, but she refused to let it show.
Jacob pulled Hugh from the water. His condition worsened by the second.
Spotting Bethan’s thin, unsteady figure on the beach, Hugh pushed the men away, fighting through his pain to stand.
Just as Bethan fainted from low blood sugar, he sprinted forward, dropping to his knees and sliding to catch her, holding her limp body tightly in his arms.
Jacob hurried to pull a vial of glucose from his pocket, feeding it to her slowly.
Kneeling in the sand, Hugh held Bethan close, pressing gentle kisses to her forehead repeatedly, his voice a broken whisper.
“I’m sorry… I’m so sorry, Bethy.”
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Jacob urged, his voice worried, “Mr. Cavill, even if you don’t care about your own health, think about Mrs. Cavill. She has low blood sugar and hasn’t eaten-if this goes on, her body will give
out.”
He fell silent, noticing Hugh’s arms shaking as he held Bethan, afraid to push further.
By the time Bethan opened her eyes again, night had fallen.
She left the bedroom and walked to the ocean-view terrace, standing beside Hugh at the railing, gazing out at the sea.
Hugh was slow to react, his mind foggy from pain and exhaustion.
When he noticed her beside him, he quickly stubbed out his cigarette, slipping off his suit jacket and draping it over her shoulders-warm, familiar, and still carrying his scent.
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