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!”

“Let’s just say

the

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Chapter 70

Natalia had revealed her inability to conceive, his chest had been aflame with an unquenchable fire. He had no place to vent it and no

kids anymore, yet she never mentioned it, and still took the birth control pills he provided.

was she playing at? Torturing herself? Or seeking revenge

he owed and made the necessary reparations. Why should

the most

But now…

he found it laughably

into the woman beneath him, “Natalia, you’re

fury as residual anger over Eveleen. “What? Because of that thing I said to Eveleen? If you can’t handle the game, Mr.

lip.

leaving a trail of ambiguous

to fight back, but his dominance

I don’t want this!” she cried.

hands above her head,

wave of bitterness washed over Natalia. She bit down on Hamilton’s shoulder in a burst of defiance. He grunted and thrust with increased vigor.

next day, Natalia woke up well past ten in the

probably at the

saw a message from him: [You can take another day off,

yearned to hear him call her that. Now, it was just ludicrous. She tossed the phone aside and never looked at

Chapter

spent the whole day in bed, only

finally here! Why

offered a vague smile, “Had a bit

I see. Feeling better?”

she pushed open the door to

moment she entered, she stopped dead in her tracks. Then she let

had warned her, seeing the person before

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

“Mr. Fowler sent this golden girl without warning. Rumor has it she’s got ties to Eveleen, hence the cushy gig. She’s clueless, bosses everyone around, and has a temper like a

Natalia before stepping

seemed engrossed in a call. Looking up and seeing Natalia, Giselle’s face lit

end made Giselle laugh even

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 story.”

ask Eveleen why she got a

about Eveleen’s misfortune. And to top

You’re a bastard child. Do you think that warming someone’s