Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 1

“Have you heard? Someone on our floor is expecting a baby!”

“How did you know?”

“I just saw a pregnancy test stick in the bathroom!”

“No way, who would be so bold to take a test at the company?”

Natalia Jenkins had just walked into the office when she caught the buzz of gossip. She paused in her tracks, glancing toward the two interns who had been chatting in low voices.

Their faces turned pale upon seeing her, and they quickly bowed their heads to their tasks.

Natalia gathered her thoughts and proceeded to her office.

Meanwhile, in the company’s chat group, someone threw the bombshell again.

“Someone on the 26th floor’s got guts, who can it be?”

“Why don’t we place bets and guess who it is?”

“Sure thing, let’s get the betting pool started!”

Natalia’s temples throbbed as she read the messages. She had been careless. She should have flushed the stick or wrapped it in paper before discarding it.

If Hamilton Fowler found out, she could hardly imagine the consequences.

Her assistant knocked and entered, “Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Fowler would like to see you in his office.” Natalia’s fingers tensed slightly.

“Ms. Jenkins?”

She responded, “Okay, I’ll be right there.”

After Natalia left, the office buzzed again. One of the interns piped up.

“Do you think it could be Ms. Jenkins? I saw her leaving the bathroom right before finding the test stick.”

“It can’t be Ms. Jenkins! Have you ever seen her dating? She doesn’t even have a partner, how could it be her?”

“Ms. Jenkins is so pretty and yet she’s single?”

The chatter grew louder until the assistant couldn’t bear it anymore. “Quiet down! You’re supposed to be working now, not gossiping!”

Standing outside the CEO’s office, Natalia took a deep breath.

Before she could knock, the door swung open from inside..

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assistant

CEO is waiting

a tight–lipped smile, “Alright, thank

filled with the scent of

lingered in the air.

at a business lunch.

wearing a black shirt that gave him at rakish

eyes closed, his

Natalia sighed inwardly.

had it all – not just power and influence,

Natalia knew all too well the coldness of this man. He was emotionally detached. None of the women who

no

his voice devoid of emotion.

out of her reverie and approached him.

something.

pulled her onto his lap, his hand slipping under

tensed, all too familiar with Hamilton’s desires, especially when he was drunk. Even during the day,

er way to

was a Hamilton

a meeting soon,” Natalia protested, trying to restrain

her neck, “Then hurry up,

with a

leave a

with alcohol. “Just cooperate, and I won’t.”

discreetly to ignore the reactions he stirred in her body.

Can I just use

haze replaced by

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it wasn’t

her discomfort. After checking, his

“You’re unwilling?”

Victor Henkel, which

shoulder, skillfully unclasped her

he said, the word ‘hard‘ carrying a double entendre, as he refused to

realizing there was no escape today. “Then be gentle.”

make you

but in the bedroom – a real scoundrel, talking dirtily and leaving her aching inside every time.

had a special reason to be

gentle. But if you’re the one asking for

cheeks flushed, which Hamilton found irresistible. He licked

shiver, and Hamilton’s laughter echoed in her

“So sensitive?”

held her chin and captured her lips, the taste of alcohol