Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 79

Natalia was jolted awake by an intense thirst in the middle of the night. Her temples throbbed in painful beats. Her throat felt parched like the dry sands of a desert.

Instinctively, she reached for the space beside her, Hamilton wasn’t there. She had a faint. recollection of him coming home.

He must have left again. She thought.

Natalia let out a wry chuckle, swung her legs out of bed, and decided to head to the kitchen for a glass of water.

Stepping out of the bedroom, she caught sight of a figure on the balcony.

The man had an impressive physique, yet he seemed somewhat forlorn against the dark night sky.

He was in a bad mood. Natalia could tell that at a glance..

She didn’t interfere, nor did she ask. In this world, the only person who could affect his mood that way was probably Eveleen.

She moved alone into the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water. After drinking, she returned to the bedroom. Just as she was about to drift off, the bedroom door swung open.

Hamilton stood in the doorway, his expression unreadable, but the heavy scent of tobacco clung to him.

“Awake?” Hamilton’s voice, deep and tinged with irritation, broke the silence.

Natalia’s lips twitched, “Yeah. You need something, Mr. Fowler? If not, I’m going back to sleep.”

Hamilton let out a scoffing laugh, “Do

you

remember what you said?”

Natalia’s eyebrows furrowed sharply She couldn’t remember. All she recalled was Hamilton

forcing her to drink when he came back. Nothing beyond that.

“Sorry, it’s a blank, she admitted and turned over, ready to sleep again. But her wrist was suddenly seized.

Before she could struggle, Hamilton leaned over and pinned her down.

“Don’t remember?” The smile on his lips turned colder. “Let me jog your memory.”

His teeth grazed her neck, nipping a tender piece of flesh with excruciating precision.

Natalia writhed under the sharp pain, “Hamilton, what madness is this!”

out a chuckle, “Let’s just say I’ve gone mad.”

on the brink of insanity.

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his chest had been aflame with an unquenchable fire. He had no place to

kids anymore, yet she never mentioned it, and still

was she playing at? Torturing herself? Or seeking

the child. He paid what he owed and made the necessary reparations. Why should

was the most useless of emotions.

But now…

had told him she couldn’t have children anymore, he found it laughably ironic that he felt a

the woman beneath him,

“What? Because of that thing I said to Eveleen? If you can’t handle the

laughter was his only reply before he bit down on her lip. “I can’t handle it? Natalia, let’s see how

a trail of ambiguous red marks. on her

to fight back, but his dominance left no

want this!” she cried.

her hands above her head, “Can’t handle it anymore,

of bitterness washed over Natalia. She bit down on Hamilton’s shoulder in a burst of defiance.

day, Natalia woke up well past ten in the

probably at the office by now.

and saw a message from him: [You can take

Now,

Chapter

the whole day in bed, only returning

joy, “Boss, you’re finally here! Why were you off for

bit of a health scare. Needed minor surgery.”

I see. Feeling

better,” Natalia replied as she pushed

dead in her tracks. Then she let

seeing the person before her

niece and Eveleen’s cousin. As a child, Giselle

to Eveleen, hence the cushy gig. She’s clueless, bosses everyone around, and has a temper like a bull in a china shop. Already drove a

to Natalia before stepping

a call. Looking up and seeing

response came from the other end made Giselle

looked at Natalia with a smirk, “And here I was, thinking it was someone important. Just the daughter of some old fling who’s repeating her mother’s same old

“Giselle, maybe you should ask

to top it off, Hamilton

do you get the nerve to stand up to me? You’re a bastard child. Do you think that warming someone’s