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 to

aflame. She instinctively

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

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

traveling with Scarlett? Why is she still in Silkwood

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

she burst into a fit

“Caught a cold? River State is

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

you take

“Yes.”

then after a moment, asked, “When will

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

the impatience

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

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“Just rest well,”

and

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

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

without a driver or bodyguard, taking a taxi

landing.

asleep after hanging

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

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

the man in front of her. “Why are

touch her forehead. “You’re

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

firmly grasped her wrist.

change, or do

away and, fighting the sting at the tip of her nose,

come?”

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and alone

her out after everything that had happened between

them.

her, a faint smile creeping onto his lips. “What, is this place off–limits to me? Besides, if

of her eye

“I’m really okay.”

unzipping her suitcase and

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

quell the rising tide of emotions within her, Natalia

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her clothes.

took

and getting hooked up to an IV drip, it was

you eat breakfast?”

shook her

hadn’t come, would you have planned to starve or sicken yourself to death in the

Natalia kept silent.