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!”

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

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moment Natalia had revealed her inability to conceive, his chest had been aflame with an unquenchable fire. He had

never mentioned it, and still took the birth control pills he

she playing at? Torturing herself? Or seeking

felt guilty about the child. He paid what he owed and made the necessary reparations. Why should he feel guilty?

the most useless of

But now…

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

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

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

on her lip. “I can’t handle it? Natalia, let’s see how you like playing

a shred of tenderness, he tore her nightgown, leaving a trail

but his dominance left no room for her resistance.

I don’t want this!” she cried.

above her head,

bit down on Hamilton’s shoulder in a burst of

Natalia woke up well

probably at the office

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

she’d yearned to hear him call her that. Now, it was just

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at home, she didn’t argue. She spent the whole day in bed, only returning to the office

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

smile, “Had a bit of a

see. Feeling

better,” Natalia replied as she pushed

stopped dead in her tracks. Then

had warned her, seeing the

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

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

Natalia before stepping out.

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

from the other end

smirk, “And here I was, thinking it was someone

you should ask Eveleen

And to top it off, Hamilton hadn’t

nerve to stand up to me? You’re a bastard child. Do you think