Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 311

Hamilton released her with a chuckle, even as he pressed down on her legs.

"Look at you, bumping right into it!"

Natalia glared at him, wiping her mouth with a look of distaste.

But Hamilton, ever so gently, lifted his hand to caress her soft cheek with his knuckles.

"Natalia, thank you."

She hesitated for a moment, then averted her gaze.

"I did it for the kid. I don't want our child's father hurting himself over some childhood memories."

Hamilton's eyes were filled with an undeniable affection.

"Yeah, I know."

He smiled, rubbing his fingers across his chin with her hand.

"Even if it's for our child, I'm grateful you'd take this step."

Natalia tried to retract her hand, but Hamilton held on tighter.

She frowned, and Hamilton, seizing the moment, pulled out a document from the storage compartment beside them.

Natalia was taken aback.

"What's this?"

"Just open it," Hamilton said with a smile.

After hesitating for a moment, she did and was shocked. Hamilton had

transferred 51% of Ivy Gemstone's shares into her name.

Natalia looked at Hamilton, utterly stunned.

"Hamilton, what... why?"

His eyes were tender. "I told you, it's yours. Ivy Gemstone was always meant for you."

For a moment, Natalia was at a loss for words.

After a while, she tried to hand the agreement back to Hamilton.

"I told you, I can't accept this."

Hamilton played with her fingers, saying, "Then let's keep it for our child. From

now on, I'm working for you two, Ms. Jenkins. If you'll let me, I'm willing to work for you for the rest of my life."

Natalia's fingers curled slightly. She looked down, taking a long time before she finally spoke.

"Hamilton, you don't have to do this."

not, I decide. For you and our child, everything is

the car and

her thoughts a whirlwind

Department, Delilah watched

she had become the laughingstock of Boria

her going was her grandfather's prophecy that Natalia would

watched, Natalia only seemed

she couldn't

returned to the hotel,

side, felt

a little more discreet

awkward, but

of his job," he said with a smile, turning to Natalia

she was gone, Hamilton inquired, "Any

Killian shook his head.

has been unusually

him with a wave of

emerged from the bedroom in fresh clothes to find Hamilton

frame thinner yet

his eyes, a stark contrast to his efforts to seem cheerful

at the

wrapped up

"You planning to move?"

paused before

had

the horizon, she had to stay at the Foreign Affairs Department indefinitely. Staying in a hotel wasn't a long-term solution, so she had Ryan help her find an

moving with

simply nodded in agreement.

hotel isn't

bit her

words caught her off guard. "Disappointed I didn't suggest

in together?"

at

night they avoided

conversing late into

everything from

first meeting to

chased

in tears.

intently, as if trying to etch every word into his

during this time, but they were all dark, ugly fragments of his past, particularly concerning that

held her close. "Let's visit River

looked down, her voice low. "It's been demolished. Even if we went,

relationship, past

upon waking, she found Hamilton

watched him silently, feeling

forced herself to close them, turning away from the sight of Hamilton

night was

lingered by the window for a long while before

didn't deliberately press against hers

gently pulled