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 sleep.

the middle of 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

some basic medicine, she took it

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

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

called in for work at the last minute, so

speaking, she burst into a fit of

cold? River State is colder

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

take

“Yes.”

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

is there anything else? If not,

detected the impatience in her

he didn’t argue with a sick person.

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“Just rest well,”

responded and

immediately dialed Linda,

River State continued, a persistent

or bodyguard, taking a taxi straight to the hotel after

landing.

asleep after hanging up.

was room service. But to her shock, opening the door

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

the man in front of

to touch her forehead. “You’re

avoided his gaze, forcing a smile, “It’s okay; a couple more doses of

grasped

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

at the tip of her nose,

come?”

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

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 die of illness?”

the corner of her

“I’m really okay.”

didn’t miss a beat, unzipping her suitcase and pulling out her

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

rising tide of emotions within

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her clothes.

a cab and took her to the

the check–up and getting hooked up to an IV drip, it was nearing

you eat breakfast?”

shook her

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

Natalia kept silent.