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.”

seemed at a

that Alden

to the family estate in the next couple of days.”

nonchalantly. “Anything

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

out

he left with haste.

turned to look at Hamilton, who was leisurely drying his hair with a towel. His damp, lustrous hair softened his features, adding a touch

don’t really need

in his motion, lifting his gaze

you feel a bit embarrassed saying that, Ms. Jenkins? If

I won’t cause

a pack of cigarettes

stood in place for a while before returning

she couldn’t really force him out. Any more words would just lead to another argument. Having just experienced a

was still

him immensely. She could chat on the phone with Victor, but when he came to keep her company, he felt like an excess. Thus, he had intended to smoke a cigarette to calm down. He just couldn’t fathom why he

finished his cigarette, his irritation only grew.

turned and walked back to the ward. Upon entering, he saw her lying on the bed. A small

means. Standing at five and a half

among women.

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hand could grip it entirely with

thinner. Especially in the oversized hospital gown, she looked frail, as if she

fire in Hamilton’s heart

Should I have someone bring

day, and now that

bother with formalities with Hamilton and

made a call, and soon enough,

soup, Natalia couldn’t

“That’s

couldn’t stomach more. Any more food and she

fell silent for a moment, then asked, “Should I have them bring some dessert? I forgot you have a sweet

head. “No

didn’t press

she laid down, he did, too, pulling her into his embrace. “Who

him. She tried to pull away,

“Natalia!” He pressed.