Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 87

Natalia really didn’t want to ask anymore. The moment the question had left her lips, she regretted it. Even if Hamilton had indeed slept with Eveleen, what could she do about it? It was nothing but a source of unnecessary discomfort.

She sat on the couch, her gaze lowered. After a while, she ventured, “Do you know what happened today?”

Hamilton lit a cigarette.

“Yes.”

“Will you help me? Will you help clear my name?”

Hamilton took a drag and said, “I’ll handle it.”

Natalia looked at him and asked, “It was a setup today, wasn’t it?”

Hamilton didn’t deny it. “It was Giselle’s doing.”

Natalia’s brows knitted tightly. “Does Giselle really have that much clout?”

If she did, she wouldn’t have resorted to spewing nonsense in the alumni chat from the

get–go.

Hamilton’s expression darkened instantly. “And who do you suspect?”

“Don’t you find Ms. Schafer more suspicious?*

Hamilton scoffed, “Do you have evidence, Ms. Jenkins?”

Natalia’s lips were a tight line. She had no evidence, but anyone with half a brain could see it was Eveleen’s doing.

“Because only she has the motive.”

“And Giselle doesn’t? After the scene you made with her at the company, you think she wouldn’t hold a grudge?”

Natalia let out a bitter laugh, realizing that once again, Hamilton would probably stand by Eveleen. She felt a sharp pain in her heart.

“Fine, then enlighten me, Mr. Fowler. How do you plan to deal with it? The same way as before? The nurse speaks out, you fire the nurse. Giselle speaks out, you fire Giselle. Now what? Who will you fire next? With so many people online, how do you plan to shut them all up?”

Hamilton’s face turned to stone.

“Natalia,” he said sharply, “I told you I’d handle this. Is that not clear?”

She looked at the man before her, feeling an acute sense of injustice.

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her of betrayal. Despite the truth

“I just want to clear my name,

eyes. Her beautiful eyes

He gently rubbed the corner of her eye. His eyes were tender, but his voice was

if you can clear your own name, then do as you wish, I won’t stop you. But if your come to me for help, then how

After a moment, she gave a wry

with no way to refute

She had always scoffed at that, but

Hamilton and asked, “Is Eveleen really that important

he was never one to

was that could lead

down at the cigarette in his hand. The smoke curled up, obscuring his expression, making it hard to read.

might not have made it this far. So Natalia,” He paused briefly, “don’t cross Eveleen. If it

She had always known this, but hearing

that moment, she finally understood that there was no place for her between Hamilton

and Eveleen.

nodded. “Okay, I

that, she wobbled to her feet and headed for the

checking her forehead. His brow knitted with

got a fever again?”

she was sick again. She used to be so resilient. Now, it seemed a simple rain shower

to carry her out.

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protested, gripping his arm with

the last time at the hospital when Eveleen’s fans had cornered her,

insist, carrying her to the bedroom instead

first, see if it helps. If not,

left the room

and tucked herself into bed

furrowed brow

you doing?

head without speaking.

“Get some sleep.

online.”

Natalia watched Hamilton leave, she let out a bitter chuckle and closed her

it was exhaustion, or perhaps the medicine’s effect, but she

by

apologized. She claimed her accusations were out of spite because you took her job. That bastard Hamilton actually did something right this time. Word has it, he’s suing everyone who badmouthed you online. Not one was spared. Millions of subpoenas were sent out overnight, and now they’re all apologizing

her turmoil. So, was Giselle the scapegoat after

she simply responded,

pausing for a second, “But in the end, it didn’t even faze Eveleen. If you

chuckled. Yeah, he was

words with

had been trending was long gone. In its place was a new trending topic proclaiming the internet was not a lawless place, with a million users issuing apologies.

clicked to see the details.

like Scarlett had mentioned, all those who had slandered her, mocked her, were now apologizing to her. And the most viral of them all was Giselle’s apology video.

Giselle was a hot mess, tearfully explaining why she had maligned Natalia,