Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 55

“Ms. Jenkins, I’m not joking around here. I’m telling you the stone–cold truth. You’ve been by my brother’s side for so long, and you’re just going to let Eveleen waltz in and take him? If I were you, I’d never stand for it. I’d at least go down swinging.”

Natalia smiled silently, a bitter twist to her lips.

What could she do even if she could not stand for it? Matters of the heart aren’t a thing you can simply wrestle into submission.

Besides, it was not like she hadn’t tried.

Over the past three years, she had given it her all, trying to make this man fall for her. Even a flicker of a heartbeat from him would’ve been something. But in the end, she never managed to pull it off.

She hadn’t before, and now that Eveleen was back, her chances were slimmer than ever.

Natalia let the comment slide. She didn’t even know how to respond.

Alden, standing beside her, was growing anxious. “Ms. Jenkins, you have no idea how frantic my brother was when he couldn’t get through to you on the phone. The traffic was bad on his way here, so he just ditched his car on the roadside and ran through the rain to see you. You telling me he doesn’t care about you at all? I’m not buying it.”

If Hamilton didn’t care for Natalia one bit, with his temperament, would he have braved the

rain and come to her so late?

A faint movement played at the corner of Natalia’s mouth. She hadn’t expected Hamilton to run through the rain just to see her, but she understood. When Hamilton couldn’t get through to her, there must have been an element of urgency, but more than that, it was probably the irritation of her not picking up the phone.

Otherwise, his first words after arriving wouldn’t have been, “Why aren’t you answering your phone?”

Natalia didn’t want to lie to herself. She didn’t want to cling to some faint hope only to face a greater disappointment later..

She knew the dynamic between her and Hamilton far better than Alden ever could.

Hamilton had come to the hospital more to reprimand than out of concern. If he truly cared, he wouldn’t have spent the whole day without making a single call; he wouldn’t have chosen to accompany Eveleen to change her bandages, knowing that she had just had a miscarriage; and he wouldn’t have rushed to pick up Eveleen so hurriedly that he even forgot his phone, despite the fact that she needed someone by her side.

Natalia hadn’t forgotten the photos she had seen in the chat group.

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When she needed him, he was by another woman’s side. Even if he had a shred of pitiful concern for her now, she didn’t want it.

“Alden, when it comes to love, force is the last thing that works.” With that, she smiled, “But thanks for being willing to talk to me about all this.”

frown deepened. Suddenly, he seemed at a

wasn’t until Hamilton emerged that Alden finally spoke up.

you to come back to the

nonchalantly.

turned to Natalia, and said, “Ms. Jenkins,

out

he left with haste.

was leisurely drying his hair with a towel. His damp, lustrous hair softened his

her lips. “You don’t really need to stay.”

lifting

If you hadn’t made a scene earlier, maybe

“Don’t worry, I won’t cause any

huffed lightly, ignoring her comment, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his drenched clothes, stepping outside.

while before returning to

words would just lead to another argument. Having

Hamilton was still fuming.

he came to keep her company, he felt like an excess. Thus, he had intended to

as he finished his cigarette, his

back to the ward. Upon entering, he saw her lying on the bed. A small bundle curled up under

wasn’t short by any means. Standing at five and a half feet tall, she was

among women.

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slender that a hand could grip it entirely with space to spare,

the oversized hospital gown, she looked frail, as

in Hamilton’s heart

bring you something

eaten much all day, and now that the fever had subsided, she was feeling hungry.

Hamilton

made a call, and soon enough, food was brought

soup, Natalia couldn’t eat anymore.

brows furrowed instantly. “That’s all

food and she would probably

“Should I have them

shook her head.

press

did, too, pulling her into his embrace. “Who picked up when I called you

by him. She tried to

“Natalia!” He pressed.