Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 193

Chapter 192

every

night."

Alden choked, struggling to find the right words. Whether his brother would truly abandon Eveleen was anyone's guess. But he managed to say, "I think he can pull through, Natalia. You gotta have some faith in him. The guy's practically close to crying himself to sleep Natalia gave him a look that screamed 'seriously?". "Alden, do you really think I don't know your brother?"

He was about to protest when Natalia cut in, "Besides, there's more going on between your brother and me than just this one thing. Go talk some sense into him, Alden. Coming to me is pointless." She went back to her business after speaking her mind.

Moments later, her phone lit up with a new message. Alden had sent a photo. Hamilton lay on the bed, his complexion ghostly pale, the image of sheer exhaustion. Natalia's fingers paused over the screen. She hit exit. But no sooner had she closed the photo than Alden sent another one-Hamilton slumped in a deck chair on the balcony, looking half-dead. And then came one photo after another. Natalia couldn't take it anymore and dialed Alden. "Alden, stop sending me this stuff."

He muttered an acknowledgment before hanging up. However, within moments, Natalia's Twitter was bombarded with a barrage of tweets from Alden. None of the captions made any sense.

My bro might really check out this time.

Looks like my bro's totally broken, huh?

Ah, the lonely souls with no one to fuss over them end up like this. Who else would freeze out there night after night if not him?

Would anyone even shed a tear if he died?

Natalia took a deep breath and opened her chat with Alden. Stop it or I'm blocking you too. After sending the message, she went back to work. Yet after a while, she couldn't resist and called him. The phone rang for an eternity before a hoarse voice answered. "Natalia?"

"Hamilton, if you don't want to kick the bucket, get your meds and shots. If you really want to die, go quietly. And stay away from

Hamilton's voice stopped her. "Wait,

Natalia paused, "What now?"

silence. "Natalia, I

silent for a long moment before responding with a scoff,

me when I was ill before. Can you do it this

and hung up. After the call, she texted Alden one more time. "Get your brother to

"Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Schafer from Schafer Pharma would like a word with

least bit surprising to her. With the trial looming and Hamilton's sudden change of heart, Patrick was probably desperate

left, but soon returned, "Mr. Schafer says he means no harm and is willing to wait as long as

laugh. "Have security escort

out of the elevator and saw Patrick standing nearby, face grim. He appeared

been doing okay, haven't

gaze head-on, her eyes flashing with scorn. "Cut

no matter what,

insult the word 'father'. You're

Yet Natalia consistently showed him no respect. Patrick felt a knot of anger in his chest, but he knew he couldn't afford to clash with Natalia again. He swallowed

showing signs

put Natalia on edge. She glared at Patrick with

chuckled softly. "Natalia, I'm still your father, no matter what. You don't

this. Let Eveleen go this time, and I'll make it up to you and your mother. Or name your price-any amount as long as

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