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 I’ve gone mad.”

truly felt on the brink of

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his chest had been aflame with an unquenchable fire. He had no place

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

Torturing herself? Or seeking revenge

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

most

But now…

children anymore, he found it laughably ironic that he felt a

into the woman beneath him,

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

lip. “I can’t handle it? Natalia, let’s see how

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

but his dominance left no room for her resistance.

want this!”

her hands above her head, “Can’t handle it anymore,

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

woke up well past ten in the

wasn’t home, probably at the

message from him: [You can take

like mockery. Once, she’d yearned to hear him call her that. Now, it was just ludicrous. She tossed the phone aside and never looked at it again.

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didn’t argue. She spent the whole day in

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

smile, “Had a bit of a

see.

replied as she pushed open the door to her office.

in her tracks.

executive secretary had warned her, seeing

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

cushy gig. She’s clueless, bosses everyone

to Natalia before stepping

approached her desk, where Giselle seemed engrossed in a call. Looking up and seeing Natalia, Giselle’s face lit up with a grin, “Cousin, guess who

end

here I was, thinking it was someone important. Just the daughter

ask

top it off,

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