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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upon his return, he had the audacity to accuse her of betrayal.

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

watery eyes. Her beautiful

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

name, then do as you wish, I won’t stop you. But if your come to me for help, then how it’s handled is my

squarely. After a moment, she gave a wry

indeed left her with no way

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 Eveleen kept making him

was that could

cigarette in his hand. The smoke curled up, obscuring

softly, “Yes, she’s important. Without her, I might not have made it this far. So Natalia,” He paused briefly,

pain lanced through Natalia’s heart. She had always known this,

finally understood that there

and Eveleen.

nodded. “Okay, I get it.”

wobbled to her feet and headed for the

hand checking her forehead. His brow knitted with

got a fever

to be so resilient. Now, it seemed a simple rain shower could knock

to carry her

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me to the hospital,” she protested, gripping

narrowed slightly, probably recalling the last time at the hospital when Eveleen’s fans had cornered her, especially now with

didn’t insist, carrying her to the bedroom instead

some medicine first, see if it helps. If not,

room

into bed while Hamilton watched her with

furrowed brow

you doing? Still hurt?”

head

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

online.”

watched Hamilton leave, she let out a bitter

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

by

out of spite because you took her job. That bastard Hamilton actually did something right this time. Word has it, he’s suing

turmoil. So,

silence, she simply responded,

second, “But in the end, it didn’t even faze Eveleen. If you ask me, Hamilton’s

Yeah, he was

words with

Twitter, the controversial video that had been trending was long gone. In its place was a new

Natalia clicked to

like Scarlett had mentioned, all those who had slandered her, mocked her, were now apologizing to her. And the most viral

was a hot mess, tearfully explaining why she had maligned