Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 285

Natalia froze in place, her smile fading as quickly as it appeared.

She reached for her phone on the nightstand, but it remained devoid of any messages.

Hamilton hadn't shown up, not even a text.

Maybe something came up with Eveleen again.

Natalia shook her head.

"It's not worth it anymore."

Scarlett frowned at her.

"Natalia, raising a kid on your own is going to be tough."

And it wouldn't be fair to the child either.

This child, unlike the last one, was conceived when Hamilton actually had feelings for Natalia.

They seemed so in love just a while ago.

Natalia's nose tingled.

"Scarlett, I can't do this."

Scarlett was taken aback, only to hear Natalia say, "I'm scared. I'm scared this child will end up like the last one, unwanted by the Fowler family. They won't let me keep this child. I'm scared it'll end up just like my mom." Scarlett's heart ached.

"Alright, then we won't tell him. We'll leave this place. I'm going for a study program, come with me. Once the baby is born and grown a bit, we can come back."

Natalia held back tears, "I've decided to take that transfer."

Trying to smile through her tears, she added, "I was going to turn it down because of Hamilton."

Scarlett opened her mouth to speak but ended up embracing her instead.

"We don't need that jerk. When your baby is born, I'll help you raise them."

Natalia laughed, "Okay."

Hamilton saw Natalia's message the next day.

Eveleen's funeral had been chaotic with the Schafer family causing endless problems. The caretaker claimed she was just overwhelmed and pushed someone in frustration, but the Schafer family insisted Eveleen was murdered, pointing fingers at Natalia. Hamilton looked at a photo of Eveleen on the wall, his emotions a complex mix.

His memories of their childhood were limited, mostly painful, with "Evi" being a rare comfort amidst the suffering.

But he never imagined this would be their end.

Clutching a necklace, Hamilton eventually got back into his car.

"Have those people been interrogated yet?" he asked in a low voice.

Alden frowned, "They did have contact with grandfather's bodyguard and admitted he instructed them to come."

A chill flashed through Hamilton's eyes.

and the Powell

grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family, unusually quiet, didn't

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

tell the Ron Group's branch office to get out of Silkwood

Alden hurriedly agreed.

temples, scrolled through his phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried calling her, only to find her phone was

sense of dread

head back to

returning, Hamilton went straight to Scarlett's, but no one answered. Next,

was looking for her, refused

until Scarlett finished her

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed

you needed? Do you have any idea she waited for you

face was etched with

and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. Hamilton, not

Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton with

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

know she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day

Mr. Fowler,"

these last

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

go to Boria

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up on

without her, I might have died in River State. You know

was momentarily lost for words, knowing all too well the depth of

in his

invited several children from long-standing family

he had stayed the

was only about six or seven years old, but he lacked the

nor engaging in play, and

in the yard, looking like someone unable

be just

it became apparent that it was

crystal clear in

he decided to wander

unlocked, so

a scene he could never

was being smothered with a pillow by his own mother, who was holding it

but a mistake, you shouldn't even exist in

how a mother could do such a thing to

Cruel, full of venom.

exist

does such a sentence wreak on

a scene once, but he had no idea

only after returning from River State that Hamilton gradually started cooperating

the therapy was,

forget those painful memories, the therapist even