Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 288

Natalia flung the ring at him, then turned on her heel, striding towards the boarding gate.

Hamilton caught it, looking down at the ring in his palm and sighed softly before hurrying after her.

"If you don't want the ring, that's fine. Tell me what you do want, and I'll get it for you, okay?"

Natalia paused, then chuckled, "Hamilton, I really liked those earrings from the auction that one time. I really did." Because he had once promised to gift them to her.

She had been looking forward to it.

But in the end, he gave those earrings to Eveleen.

Looking back, it seemed everything was perhaps predetermined.

The gifts he promised her were easily redirected to Eveleen at a mere gesture from her.

Even if Eveleen was gone, her place in his heart seemed immutable.

Hamilton froze for a moment.

After a while, he asked, "Why didn't you tell me at the time?"

Natalia laughed, a bitter sound. "Would it have made a difference? Hamilton, do you know? I felt like a clown."

Natalia hadn't wanted to bring up the past.

The past was the past, and there was no point dwelling on it.

But it felt like there was a lump in her chest.

Why should she be the one to swallow all the hurt?

Hamilton felt a heavy weight in his chest.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know. I always thought you really didn't like those earrings, I..."

"It's not that I didn't like them. I just didn't like how you gave her the best and then carelessly chose something as if to just appease me." Natalia turned and walked away.

Hamilton felt a sharp pain in his chest.

He suddenly realized that what he had thought was satisfactory, even generous, had deeply hurt her.

He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her waist, "Natalia, from now on, I'll bring the best of the world to you."

But Natalia pulled away from him.

She didn't need it anymore.

To her, the best, the most important things, were already lost.

Now, she just wanted to protect her child.

Landing in Silkwood City, Natalia called Debby right away.

Hamilton stayed close, and after she hung up, he ushered her into the car.

"Hamilton, you..."

"That day you asked me to meet you at the graveyard, was it about Tatiana?" Hamilton cut her off with a question.

Natalia hesitated, the words she wanted to say stuck in her throat.

to know about

to ask

Hamilton's gaze darkened.

long silence, he said, "I'm sorry, Natalia, it does involve

suddenly didn't know what

than anyone that it wasn't Hamilton's

Hamilton, but still, it had created a rift between

was responsible for her mother's

eyes filled with

she was

turned out to be

this time, she would not let

hard and took her

"I'm sorry."

pulled away, "This

pang of distress watching

with him, hitting or scolding him, than drawing

gazed at Natalia, then suddenly pressed her

treat me like

Natalia struggled immediately.

"Hamilton, get off!"

Hamilton kissed her suddenly.

heat of his breath

wanted to struggle but was afraid of hurting the baby inside her, pushing him

Hamilton, seemingly aware of her concerns,

hard, the

her go, and

was painful but somehow

his mouth, then grabbed her

I'm wrong, hit me, scold me, but please, don't draw lines between us like before." Natalia's

let me be, okay? I'm seared. You don't know how helpless I felt when my mom was gone. I wished you were there, but you weren't. Hamilton, you've left me twice,

sharp pain

promise, it won't happen again.

kissed her

"Natalia,

give

make it both a home."

okay? I want to

I

Natalia's heart ached.

Home

longed for it, yet knew it was

Natalia pushed him away.

can

sting in

fell

sake,

caressed her

to push him away but

he was the

she could be called away at

child a father's

she didn't expect his touch to suddenly take a

time do you think it

his hand