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 out a chuckle, “Let’s just say I’ve

the brink of insanity.

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

kids anymore, yet she never mentioned it, and still took

she playing at? Torturing herself? Or seeking

had never felt guilty about the child. He paid what he owed

was the most useless of emotions.

But now…

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

reddened, bore into the woman

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

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

nightgown, leaving a trail of ambiguous red marks. on her pale,

dominance

I don’t want this!” she

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

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

Natalia woke up well past ten

wasn’t home, probably at the office

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

him call her that. Now, it

Chapter

She spent the

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

smile, “Had a bit of a health scare.

see. Feeling

she pushed open the

dead in her tracks. Then she let out a cold

had warned her, seeing the

cousin. As a child, Giselle

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 a

muttered to Natalia before stepping

a call. Looking up and seeing Natalia, Giselle’s face lit up with a grin, “Cousin, guess who I just saw?”

response came from the other end made Giselle

at Natalia with a smirk, “And here I was, thinking it was someone important. Just the daughter of some

ask Eveleen why she got a

soured; she had heard about Eveleen’s misfortune. And to top it off, Hamilton hadn’t laid a finger on

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