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.

Mason and

few chess games with grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family, unusually quiet, didn't make

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

project. Also, tell the Ron Group's branch office to

Alden hurriedly agreed.

but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried calling her, only to find her phone

sense of dread filled

head back to

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

hearing Hamilton was looking for her, refused to

until Scarlett finished her shift to

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed with

any idea she waited for you all

etched with

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

Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton with a sinking

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then

Mr. Fowler,"

a deep breath, "Find out her movements these last few

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

Natalia go to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up

was bitter, "Caspian, without her, I might have

knowing all too well the depth

in his grand effort

spirits, had invited several children from

them, he had

seven years old,

odd, never smiling, nor engaging

alone in the yard, looking like someone unable to blend

thought to be just a quirk of his

that it was not the

incident, it's still crystal clear in

nap, he decided to wander and found himself in

gate was unlocked, so

a scene he

a pillow by his own mother,

but a mistake, you shouldn't even exist in this world, just die,

could do such a

Cruel, full of venom.

shouldn't exist in this

kind of destruction does such a sentence

he had no idea how many times the

only after returning from River State that Hamilton gradually started cooperating with his

therapy

him forget those painful memories, the therapist even resorted