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 to sleep.

night, Natalia developed a fever. Her body burned as if aflame. She instinctively reached out for the empty

for room service to bring over some basic medicine, she took it and

the morning, groggy and disoriented, she answered another call from Hamilton. His

with Scarlett? Why is she still in Silkwood City?”

called in for work at the last minute, so I

burst into a

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

dressed warmly, but maybe I’m just not as

you take medicine?”

“Yes.”

a moment,

there anything else? If not, I’d

impatience in her voice.

he didn’t argue with

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“Just rest well,”

Natalia responded and

immediately dialed Linda, “Book me the next flight to River

a persistent drizzle

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

landing.

back asleep after hanging up.

at the door, she assumed it was room service. But to her shock, opening the

more handsome, with droplets of water clinging to his

man in front of her. “Why are

her, then reached out to touch her forehead. “You’re still feverish. Get dressed; we’re

gaze, forcing a

firmly grasped her wrist.

Go change, or do I need

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

come?”

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vulnerability of being sick and alone in

fathom why he would seek her out after everything that had happened between

them.

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

at the moisture at the corner of her

“I’m really okay.”

a beat, unzipping her suitcase and pulling out

As he spoke, he gently brushed against the reddened corner of her

deep breath to quell the rising tide of emotions within her,

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her clothes.

a cab and took her to

to an IV drip, it

eat

her

firmly. “If I hadn’t come, would you have planned to starve or sicken yourself to death in the

Natalia kept silent.