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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of betrayal. Despite the truth storing them in the

“I just want to clear my name, Hamilton. I’m tired

fell on her now watery eyes. Her beautiful eyes

the veil of tears. He gently rubbed the corner of her

you. But if your come to me for help, then how it’s handled is my

squarely. After a moment,

words indeed left her with no way

influence trump intentions. She had always scoffed at that, but now, she felt the weight of his words.

asked, “Is Eveleen really that important

yet he was never one to dismiss the facts, but

was that could lead him to

at the cigarette in his hand. The smoke curled up, obscuring his

might not have made it this far. So Natalia,”

always

finally understood that there was no place for her

and Eveleen.

nodded. “Okay,

and headed for the

hand checking her forehead. His brow knitted with

got a

so resilient. Now, it seemed a simple rain shower could knock her down.

moved to carry

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to the hospital,” she protested, gripping his arm with clear resistance,

the hospital when Eveleen’s

didn’t insist, carrying her to the bedroom instead

some medicine first, see if it helps. If not, Fl call the doctor over

this, he left the room and returned

the pills and tucked herself into bed

furrowed brow

you doing? Still hurt?”

head without speaking.

her cheek affectionately and said, “Get some sleep. I’ll go sort out the

online.”

out a bitter chuckle and closed

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

awakened by

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

turmoil. So, was Giselle the scapegoat after

she simply

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

he was

words with Scarlett, she

trending was long gone. In its place was a

Natalia clicked to see

had mentioned, all those who had slandered her, mocked her, were now

a hot mess, tearfully explaining why she had maligned Natalia, the