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.

had mentioned wanting to

had thought it was

was actually trying

to fall, the chill of the late autumn night making it seem

her phone, Natalia felt as if her mood

moment's hesitation,

me out of the blue? Did

was as playful as

dropped as she asked softly, "What treatment are you

paused, then laughed, "I tried some acupuncture. Thinking about you at night, I needed to find some way to cool off, and using

the phone,

suddenly fell silent. After a long pause, he laughed, "Alden really

some therapy to 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

Natalia's lashes trembled.

you remember or not, it won't change

still carried a smile, "I know, but I want to know. Natalia, I want to remember. I want to fix

felt a tightness

pause, she finally said, "If you want to know, Hamilton, I'll

hard, then said softly,

end, Natalia had planned to hand over

celebrate Scarlett's birthday and also

there was Hamilton; she knew she had

sure if agreeing to tell Hamilton about their

torment himself like this was also painful for

it was just for the sake of the baby, she was

called to say she

trip.

to push back

like that, half a

belly was now slightly

clothing, she spoke softly

of the Foreign

had just emerged when someone draped a coat over

assumed it was

next

scent she knew all too

she saw Hamilton standing behind

was still there, but Natalia noticed he had

Natalia's concerned expression, a colleague quickly said in a low voice, "Natalia, we'll head out

the rest over

they were alone, Natalia finally

did you get

softly before pulling

just to catch a glimpse of Ms.

easy."

by colleagues bustling about the Foreign Affairs Department, causing Natalia to feel a

was having none of it, refusing to let

this man's brazenness and persistence