Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 126

Watching Hamilton’s retreating figure, Eveleen’s face instantly descended into a frown.

Victor clicked his tongue in disapproval.

Alden chuckled lightly. “What’s the matter? Are you jealous?”

Victor laughed. “Alden, what favor on earth has that woman done for you to have you in her corner like this?”

Alden’s laughter was soft. “No favors. I just think she’s meant to be my sister–in–law, that’s all.” At those words, Eveleen’s expression turned as sour as vinegar.

“Alden, there’s no chance for your brother and Natalia. With her background, she’s hardly a match for the prestigious Fowler family.”

Alden shook his head. “Ms. Schafer, my brother’s marital affairs have never been under the Fowler family’s thumb. Otherwise, the last engagement party wouldn’t have been called off so abruptly, right?”

The mention of the last engagement made Eveleen seethe with resentment, but Alden wasn’t done stirring the pot.

“Besides, some people claim they’d never return unless my brother begged them to. So, what brings you back now?”

Eveleen was livid, unused to such treatment.

In this circle, she was always the one doted upon.

In an instant, tears welled up in her eyes. She shot Alden a glare and stood up, walking out of

the room.

After her shower, Natalia felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.

Probably caught a chill from the breeze earlier, she mused with a wry smile. Her health had truly declined since the miscarriage.

She drank a glass of hot water, preparing to lie down when her phone suddenly rang.

Hesitating for a few seconds, she answered. “Mr. Fowler.”

Hamilton grunted in acknowledgment, his silence stretching before he asked, “You went to River State?”

Through the floor–to–ceiling windows, Natalia watched the winter drizzle outside with the occasional burst of fireworks in the distance. She took a moment before replying, “Scarlett’s choice.”

“Call me when you’re back; I’ll pick you up from the airport.”

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Natalia’s grip on the phone tightened. She wanted to thank him. After all, she owed him for the Incident with Gideon.

But before she could speak, she heard Eveleen’s voice over the phone. “Hamilton, they’re all against me.”

Instantly, the words she meant to say retreated back down her throat.

“No need, I can take a cab,” she said.

Hamilton seemed to scoff. “Natalia, remember our agreement isn’t over yet.”

With that, he hung up.

Natalia stared at the darkened phone screen, her feelings a tangled mess.

Probably just discomfort, she reckoned. But it seemed only discomfort remained.

sniffled, forcing herself

fever. Her body burned as if aflame. She instinctively reached out for the empty space beside her, only then remembering she was alone

to bring over some basic medicine, she took

another call from Hamilton. His voice carried the chill of deep winter.

you supposed to be traveling with Scarlett? Why is she still in Silkwood

“She was called in for work at the last minute, so I

into a fit of coughing.

a cold? River State is colder than Silkwood City. What are you

warmly, but maybe I’m just not as resilient anymore.”

take medicine?”

“Yes.”

then after a moment, asked, “When will you be

else? If not, I’d like to get some more

impatience in her voice.

expression soured. But ultimately, he didn’t argue with a

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“Just rest well,”

and hung up.

her disconnected call, Hamilton immediately dialed Linda,

State continued, a persistent drizzle that was

alone without a driver or bodyguard, taking a taxi straight to the

landing.

fell back asleep after hanging

knock at the door, she assumed it was room service.

black overcoat, making him appear even more handsome, with droplets

the man in front of

forehead. “You’re

emotions she couldn’t quite identify welled up in Natalia. She avoided his gaze, forcing a smile, “It’s okay; a

firmly grasped

once? Go change, or do

away and, fighting the sting at the tip of her nose, asked, “Hamilton, why

come?”

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reaction. Perhaps the vulnerability of being sick and alone in a strange place made her eyes burn at the

fathom why he would seek her out after

them.

place off–limits to me? Besides, if I didn’t come, would you prefer to be left here to die of

dabbed at the moisture at the corner of her eye

“I’m really okay.”

miss a beat, unzipping her suitcase and

hospital, be a good girl.” As he spoke, he gently brushed against the reddened corner of her eye.

deep breath to quell the rising tide of emotions within her, Natalia turned and changed

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her clothes.

a cab and took her to the

the check–up and getting hooked up to

you eat breakfast?”

shook her head.

pinched the back of her neck firmly. “If I hadn’t come, would you

Natalia kept silent.