Chapter 291

Natalia leaned against the door, her smartphone clutched in hand, lost in thought.

A wave of bitterness washed over her heart.

Even without Eveleen in the picture, there was still the Fowler family standing between them.

She truly didn't dare to hope anymore.

Scarlett, stretching lazily, emerged from her room and paused upon seeing her.

"Natalia, why are you back so soon?"

Approaching, Scarlett's brow furrowed in concern.

"You look pale. What's wrong?"

Snapped back to reality, Natalia shook her head slightly, her gaze lowered. "It's nothing, my assignment got postponed."

But Scarlett could tell something was off.

"That's no reason to look so down. What happened?"

A bitter smile crossed Natalia's face. "Hamilton somehow found out I'm pregnant."

Scarlett felt a chill. "And then? He's bothering you again?"

Natalia's smile was full of bitterness.

"He said he wants to give me and the baby a home."

Scarlett scoffed coldly, "A home, he says, as if it's that simple. What about the Fowler family? Will they agree? He hasn't even sorted out his own mess, and he's pestering you? Does he want you to suffer even more?" She glanced at Natalia.

"So, what now? What's your plan?"

Hamilton was like a bad penny, always turning up.

He probably never intended to let go in the first place.

And now that he knew about the baby, he was unlikely to back off.

Natalia rested her hand on her belly.

After a moment, she smiled weakly. "Nothing."

She wouldn't risk her child's safety, and she couldn't forget how, when her mother was not around, she couldn't reach him because he was with Eveleen.

asked for a

be forgiven, and others,

lost not just

also the

sighed and

to avoid him

Natalia nodded in agreement.

night, rain began to fall

at the three keepsakes left

fixed on a broken pendant, feeling a

Tatiana was thinking when she tried to piece the pendant back

to know it would never be

breath, Natalia tucked the pendant into the back of her

picked up

as she flipped

much,

nearly every page, every

another award today. My girl is

me. It's my fault; I can't even afford a pretty dress for her." "Finally saved enough to buy

broke. It's all

paused, crumpling the page

for days, yet all she worried about was

Guilt overwhelmed Natalia.

froze, her eyes landing on

pulled out her phone and opened the transaction

heart raced

found the transaction on the same date as her necklace

compared the dates in the diary and

same day her necklace broke, Graham received a payment of two

he received

Natalia's heart pounded uncontrollably.

was someone paying Graham, what

into danger

like Lucinda and Patrick never intended to leave

Who would benefit from

were

necklace, then dismissed the

to

she wondered if she

was just

could such

walked in with

to

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