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

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

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

point in continuing with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell the Ron Group's branch office to get out

Alden hurriedly agreed.

rubbing his temples, scrolled through his phone to contact Natalia but froze upon

of dread filled

head back to the

Hamilton went straight to Scarlett's, but no one

looking for her, refused to see

until Scarlett finished her

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed

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

with

if I did, I

walked away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

had me stay away these past days, but I know she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr. Scarlett dismissed me." Hamilton, frustrated, "And you just

Mr. Fowler,"

deep breath, "Find out her movements these last few days, see

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

Natalia go to Boria

Caspian hesitated.

you still hung

her, I might have died in River State. You know my

momentarily lost for words, knowing all too well

his

his precious grandson's spirits, had invited several children from long-standing family friends

them, he had stayed

years old, but he lacked the usual vibrancy

nor engaging in

looking like someone unable to blend into

was thought to be just a quirk

that it

still crystal clear

summer noon, unable to nap, he decided

gate was unlocked, so

scene he could

pillow by

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

could do such a thing to her

Cruel, full of venom.

shouldn't exist

destruction does such a sentence wreak on

but he had no idea

from River State that Hamilton gradually started cooperating with his

therapy

memories, the therapist even resorted