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.

herself to sleep.

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

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

call from Hamilton. His

supposed to be traveling with Scarlett? Why is she

in for work at the last minute, so I came

burst into

subsided, Hamilton asked, “Caught a cold? River State

bit her lip. “I dressed warmly, but maybe I’m just not as

take

“Yes.”

a noise of acknowledgment, then after a moment, asked, “When will

sure yet. Mr. Fowler, is there anything else? If not, I’d like

detected the impatience in her

soured. But ultimately, he didn’t argue with

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“Just rest well,”

Natalia responded and hung up.

at her disconnected call, Hamilton immediately dialed Linda, “Book me the next

State continued, a persistent drizzle that

came alone without a driver or bodyguard, taking a

landing.

asleep after hanging up.

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

tall frame was wrapped in a black overcoat, making him appear even more handsome, with droplets of water clinging to his dark hair, accentuating his austere demeanor.

the man in front

touch her forehead. “You’re still feverish. Get dressed; we’re

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

firmly grasped her

good for once? Go change, or do I need to do

fighting the sting at the tip of

come?”

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didn’t understand her own reaction. Perhaps the vulnerability of being sick and alone in a strange place made her eyes burn at

he would seek her out after everything that had happened

them.

lips. “What, is this place off–limits to me? Besides, if I didn’t come, would you prefer to be left here to

at the corner of her eye before turning to head inside.

“I’m really okay.”

miss a beat, unzipping her suitcase and pulling out her clothes.

a good girl.” As he spoke, he gently brushed against

to quell the rising tide

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her clothes.

cab and took her

the check–up and getting hooked up to an

you eat breakfast?”

her

“If I hadn’t come, would you have planned to starve or sicken

Natalia kept silent.