Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 245

The next day, Scarlett pulled into the hospital parking lot. Just as she was about to step out, Elliott was already there, opening her car door for her.

Scarlett was taken aback for a moment, and upon recognizing him, a wave of irritation flooded her.

"Seriously? You're still showing up, haunting me like a bad penny!"

"Didn't you get enough hydration last night?" she quipped, barely hiding her disdain.

Elliott, fuming, retorted, "Can you believe it's actually you! Scarlett, what on earth did I do to deserve this? Do you have any idea how ridiculous I looked running laps around the block last night just to burn off those energy drinks you dumped on me? People thought I had lost my marbles!"

Scarlett was unimpressed. "Don't insult people who've lost their marbles. Even they wouldn't be caught dead visiting a maternity ward as a man!"

"Why do you think I'm here if not because you've been on my case? If you hadn't been hurling insults at me, would I, a grown man, be seen dead in a maternity ward?"

Scarlett scoffed, "Calling you out is the least of what you deserve for siding with that snake."

Anyone who had ever stood up for Eveleen, for whatever reason, deserved scorn in Scarlett's book.

Elliott choked on his words.

He pondered for a moment, realizing that maybe he had defended Eveleen once or twice.

But back then, he was clueless about Eveleen's true colors.

And he always thought that Natalia and Hamilton's thing was purely physical, nothing emotional.

"So, I've stopped defending her now, haven't I?"

"Once a turd, always a turd, no matter if you decide not to be one anymore. Do you think you can just wash off the stink?"

Elliott felt a wave of nausea at her analogy.

How did he become the turd in her story?

"Are you even a woman? How can you say such things so casually?" he protested.

Scarlett glanced down at his lower half. "Are you sure you're a man? Keep hanging around the maternity ward, and I might just help you experience womanhood firsthand!" With that, she slammed her car door shut and marched inside.

Elliott, seething, followed her in.

"Now my brother thinks I'm impotent, Scarlett. You have to take responsibility for this mess!"

"I'll take responsibility for nothing!" Scarlett was about to lash out when her expression suddenly changed.

Her fiery demeanor softened into a shy, demure smile as she greeted someone.

"Emeric."

Emeric nodded at her, then turned to Elliott.

"What brings you to our hospital?"

Elliott glanced at Scarlett before admitting to Emeric in a lowered voice, "Just here for some errands. You working?"

"Catch up for

It was only after Emeric had left that he scoffed,

on her way, with Elliott stubbornly in

I can play

paused, "You know

enough. Emeric sometimes hangs

probably tainted by your crowd's stench

as

us? We're not saints, but we're

ignored him, pressing a button for a

back then. If I had known, I would've sided with Natalia. Can't we just bury the hatchet? I'll connect you with Emeric, and you stop

erectile dysfunction. He's too embarrassed to come by himself,

we can do. Is it completely non-functional?

took a moment for Elliott to realize what had happened, and by then,

"Scarlett! I'm perfectly fine!"

towards Ryan and

following days, Natalia was

all her time, leaving

out several times,

know always found its way to her, clear

and Delilah at a family dinner, only for Hamilton to make a

fallout, and Delilah returned to

well, and even his daily routines were relayed to Natalia by Killian, eager to keep her in the loop. Natalia

me with this nonsense?"

a moment. "Mr. Fowler thought you'd

not," Natalia

you're eating well despite your busy schedule," Killian relayed. Natalia's grip on her

murmured a thanks to be

could get there,

for a split

are you calling

so wrong?" Hamilton's voice carried

her lips,

hummed in response, not indicating any

impatient, Natalia finally said, "I have

her, "Hold on a sec, Natalia. Aren't you guys

Hamilton to bring this up

"Yeah, what about it?"

said, "You might want to prepare

almost instantly

smiled faintly, swallowing the words that had almost escaped her lips, and simply said,

in response, "There's something

when Hamilton

in Natalia's heart. "I'm hanging

that, she ended

at the disconnected

wouldn't have to prepare two versions of the proposal? She's already swamped as it is." Hamilton's gaze grew deep, "Some things need to play out naturally before we

mouth to speak, then laughed, realizing he was perhaps