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.

forcing herself

as if aflame. She instinctively reached out

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

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

Scarlett? Why is she still

her energy to explain, “She was called in for

speaking, she burst into a fit of

the cough subsided, Hamilton asked, “Caught a cold? River State is colder than Silkwood City. What are you wearing?”

warmly, but maybe I’m just not as resilient

take

“Yes.”

of acknowledgment, then after a moment, asked, “When will you be back?”

there anything else? If not, I’d like to get

the impatience in her

didn’t

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“Just rest well,”

responded and

her disconnected call, Hamilton immediately dialed Linda, “Book me the next flight to River State.”

in River State continued, a persistent drizzle that was especially chilling.

taking a taxi straight to the

landing.

fell back asleep after hanging up.

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

making him appear even more handsome, with droplets of water clinging to his dark hair, accentuating his austere

stunned by the man in front

her forehead. “You’re still feverish. Get dressed; we’re going to the hospital.”

couldn’t quite identify welled up in Natalia. She avoided his gaze, forcing a smile,

grasped her wrist.

can’t you be good for once? Go change, or do I need to

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

come?”

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

seek her out after everything that had

them.

at her, a faint smile creeping onto his lips. “What, is this place off–limits to me? Besides, if I didn’t come,

the moisture at the corner of her eye before turning to head

“I’m really okay.”

unzipping her

spoke, he

a deep breath to quell the rising tide of emotions

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her clothes.

cab and took her to the

and getting hooked up to an IV drip,

eat breakfast?”

her head.

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

Natalia kept silent.