Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 176

Natalia's brows furrowed sharply.

She glared at Hamilton with fury in her eyes.

"Hamilton, either spit it out or hit the road!" Hamilton's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Natalia, did you seriously just tell me to get lost?"

Ignoring him, Natalia turned to the man beside her.

"Ryan, I'm starting to feel a bit peckish."

Ryan quickly ladled out a bowl of steaming porridge from the thermos.

"Scarlett made this for you. Have some to tide you over, and then I'll go grab us some real food."

Natalia nodded with a grateful smile.

She had wanted to serve herself.

Despite her injury, she wasn't so helpless that she needed to be coddled.

But seeing Ryan's eagerness to care for her, she relented.

Hamilton's countenance turned even more sour as he watched Natalia sip the porridge gracefully from the spoon Ryan held to her lips.

He suddenly felt like a glaring spotlight in a cozy dim room.

To him, it seemed Natalia had completely dismissed his presence.

It gnawed at him, the urge to shove Ryan out of the room boiling up inside. He should be the one comforting Natalia, not Ryan.

Hamilton's face darkened as he watched the intimate scene before him, the urge to storm out growing stronger.

But he restrained himself.

"Natalia, Graham's dead."

Hamilton's voice cut through the tension of the hospital room.

Natalia's heart skipped a beat.

"What?"

Ryan also paused abruptly.

Hamilton took a drag from his cigarette.

"After I brought you to the hospital last night, I sent Alden to look for him. But by the time Alden got there, the alley was empty."

"When they finally found him, he was already dead."

Natalia's lips tightened.

she

to survive. Now, when she had urgent questions for him, he was conveniently dead. "How

We should have the results soon. The police will likely want a

nodded, her mind swirling with

do was wait

an important meeting scheduled today, which

worry her, he excused

to take this

She nodded understandingly.

"Sure."

stepped out, Hamilton

what you're looking for? He's

this topic. "Mr. Fowler,

it that's always there

coldly, "Yeah, and it's

Hamilton's face stiffened.

happen anymore,

now. Do you really enjoy being the other man that

Hamilton's temple throbbed.

The other man?

dared to

say that again, I

couldn't help but roll her

truth, Mr. Fowler. Please keep your distance in the

a

was the one who had rescued her last night, yet now, she only

Clearly, Hamilton was fuming.

on the other hand, couldn't

to find out who was behind

suspicions before, Graham's timely death had all but confirmed

was all too convenient-practically screaming

thought, she suddenly asked, "Hamilton, how

aback, then

concerned

each other long enough for Hamilton to understand the

asking, "Or

away, neither confirming nor

did suspect Eveleen-who else would

Hamilton snorted.

closely these past days. She's

defense of Eveleen was

quick to justify her

would be pointless to ask him

she dropped

defense might have been inappropriate, added stiffly, "I had her watched to prevent another suicide attempt." Natalia didn't even

more, Ryan returned with a team

been about