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!”

chuckle, “Let’s just say I’ve

truly felt on the brink of

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had been aflame with an unquenchable fire. He had no place to vent it and no way to dissipate it.

never mentioned it, and still

playing at? Torturing herself? Or seeking revenge

guilty about the child. He paid what he

the most useless of emotions.

But now…

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

eyes, slightly reddened, bore into the woman beneath him, “Natalia, you’re quite something.”

as residual anger over Eveleen. “What? Because of that thing I said to Eveleen? If

on her lip.

leaving a

to fight back, but his dominance left no room for her resistance.

I don’t want this!” she cried.

wrists and pinned her hands above her head, “Can’t handle it anymore, my girlfriend?”

shoulder in a burst of defiance.

next day, Natalia woke up well past

at

saw a message from

him call her that. Now, it was just ludicrous. She tossed the phone

Chapter

the whole day

with near–tears of joy, “Boss, you’re finally here! Why were you off

“Had a bit of a health scare. Needed minor

see. Feeling

she pushed open the door

moment she entered, she stopped dead in her tracks. Then she let out a cold laugh.

her, seeing the person before her was still surprise.

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

“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 bull in

Natalia before

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

response came from the other end

call and 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

should ask Eveleen why she got a beating

heard about Eveleen’s misfortune. And to top it off, Hamilton hadn’t laid

up to me? You’re a bastard child. Do you think that warming someone’s bed for days can make you push my luck?”