Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 72

Groggily, Natalia stirred awake to find Hamilton fussing over her with a pile of clothes.

“Running a fever again? Where does it hurt?”

Natalia’s chest heaved, “I just feel awful all over.”

Breathing was a chore, as if something was lodged in her throat. “Hamilton, I… I can’t catch my breath.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she erupted into a fit of coughing, followed by a wave of nausea and vomiting.

Without hesitation, Hamilton scooped her up and hurried out the door. He drove as fast as he could, and in no time, they were at the hospital.

After a brief conversation with the doctor, she was sent off for allergy tests.

When the results came back, the doctor asked, “Has she ever taken any birth control pills recently?”

Hamilton glanced at Natalia, “Yes.”

The doctor nodded, “That makes sense. She’s allergic to the contraceptive. I’ve prescribed. some medication, and she’ll need an IV. Going forward, you’ll want to avoid that medication. Her reaction is quite severe.”

Hamilton nodded in agreement.

Once the doctor left, silence descended upon the room.

Hamilton sat by the bed, watching her. After a while, he murmured, “I’ll be more careful in the

future.”

Though the truth was, he had always been careful. Not letting Natalia get pregnant was a non–negotiable. The last time had been an accident. This time was simply too rushed.

“Okay, thank you,” Natalia replied, her voice eerily calm, laced with a polite detachment.

Hamilton found her ‘thank you‘ grating.

then, he decided to let it be. When

even after a month, and it was increasingly unsettling.

as he watched

nurse came in with the medication, her cheeks flushing at the sight of

such a fan

15 41 m

eyebrow and nodded at the nurse,

Eveleen are perfect together. I ship you two so hard!”

relationship go

and Eveleen

felt the irony sting.

impatient. He addressed the nurse

only to be replaced by a jittery

Hamilton demanded a more competent

replaced the young one, apologizing, “Sorry, Mr. Fowler.

of Eveleen’s,

then she noticed

reaction.

oddly towards Natalia, who

her eyes and took a moment to

asked, “Still

her symptoms, the IV was necessary. She was feeling a bit

“A little.”

“Are you hungry?”

“Not really.”

she felt like throwing

eat,” Hamilton said, before leaving the

Even though she’d decided to leave him, her love for him hadn’t faded. Overhearing comments on him and Eveleen, she couldn’t help but

never met Hamilton when she was

there were no ‘what

of a young Hamilton were some of her happiest.

he’d be her lifelong delight. But he turned out to be both the sweet and the