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

truly felt on the

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Chapter 70

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

never mentioned it, and still took

playing at? Torturing herself? Or seeking

the child. He paid what he owed and made

the most useless of emotions.

But now…

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

reddened, bore into the woman beneath him, “Natalia,

his fury as residual anger over Eveleen. “What? Because of that thing I said

only reply before he bit down on her lip. “I can’t handle it? Natalia,

he tore her nightgown, leaving a

to fight back, but his dominance

want this!”

gripped her wrists and pinned her hands above her head, “Can’t

Natalia. She bit down on Hamilton’s shoulder in a burst of defiance. He grunted and thrust

up well past ten

home, probably at the

glanced at her phone and saw a message from him: [You can

her that. Now, it was just ludicrous. She tossed the phone aside and never looked at

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

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

a vague smile, “Had a bit of a health scare. Needed

see. Feeling better?”

she pushed

stopped dead in her tracks. Then she let out

seeing the person before her was still

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

gig. She’s clueless, bosses everyone around, and has a temper like a

muttered to Natalia

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

from the other end made Giselle laugh even more.

was someone important. Just the daughter of some old fling who’s repeating her mother’s

“Giselle, maybe you should ask Eveleen why she

to top it off, Hamilton hadn’t laid

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