Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 310

Natalia could sense something was off with Hamilton just by the tone of his voice on the phone.

In a soft voice, she asked, "Hamilton, is something wrong?"

Hamilton's laugh was deep and mellow, "Do I need a reason to miss you?"

Natalia suddenly fell silent.

Neither of them spoke, quietly listening to the sound of each other's breathing over the phone.

After what felt like an eternity, Natalia finally whispered, "If it's nothing, then I'm going to hang up."

Hamilton chuckled, "Natalia, do you miss me?"

Natalia ended the call without a word.

They had only been apart for half a day, what's there to miss?

But for some reason, recalling the tone Hamilton used when he spoke made her worry.

She hesitated, considering calling Alden.

But moments later, she decided against it.

If he didn't want to talk about it, then perhaps their relationship was at a stage where she didn't need to pry.

The following days were filled with back-to-back meetings for Natalia.

Collin had handed off nearly all his work to her.

She was hesitant at first, knowing it would be harder to maintain her professional presence as her pregnancy progressed.

But Dawson simply told her, "Whenever you need a break, we can have Mr. Collin step in for a while. If you don't take over, he can't retire in peace."

With Dawson putting it that way, Natalia felt it would be rude to refuse any further.

After taking on the job, her days were consumed by work.

Only in the quiet of the night did she find herself thinking about the man who lingered in her heart.

Standing by the hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows, Natalia clutched her phone tightly. On the screen were photos sent by Alden.

In the pictures, Hamilton looked pale, leaning against the back of a chair, beads of sweat still visible on his forehead.

Natalia, I know you're probably still mad at my brother. But he was tricked too. At the end of the day, both of you are victims. To recover his childhood memories, he's been like this every day after leaving the therapist's office.

You might not be able to get over what happened with Mrs. Joyner. If you need someone to blame, blame me. Back in Frendland, I was the one who told him he needed to end things with Eveleen. Otherwise, he would have come straight back to see you.

I'm sorry, Natalia.

As Natalia read Alden's messages, her heart felt heavy.

How could she possibly blame Alden?

She glanced at the photo again.

mentioned wanting to recover

it was

actually trying to do

chill of the late autumn night

Natalia felt as if her mood mirrored

a moment's hesitation, she

the blue? Did

was as

dropped as she asked softly, "What treatment

Thinking about you at night, I needed to find some way to cool off, and using my hands just wasn't satisfying enough, so I

the phone,

a long pause, he laughed, "Alden really can't keep a

help me sort through my feelings. It might make me a bit uncomfortable, but it's not harmful to my

"Hamilton, stop it."

I want to recover

Natalia's lashes trembled.

necessary. Whether you remember or not, it won't change

know. Natalia, I want to remember. I want to fix every regret we

felt a tightness in

"If you want

hard, then said softly,

came to an end, Natalia had planned to hand over her work

to celebrate Scarlett's birthday and also needed to attend her

Hamilton; she knew she had to

Hamilton about their past was the

seeing him torment himself like this was also painful for

sake of

Scarlett called to

trip.

had to push back all her

just like that, half a month slipped

belly was now

in loose clothing, she spoke softly

of the Foreign Affairs

emerged when someone draped a coat over her

was Killian, as

next moment, she

scent she knew

around, she saw

smile was still there, but Natalia noticed he had lost

expression, a colleague quickly said in

discuss the rest over

alone, Natalia finally

you get

softly before pulling

got here this afternoon, just to catch

easy."

causing Natalia to feel a bit awkward as she

of it,

it; this man's brazenness and persistence were