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..

Chapter 1

executive assistant stepped out.

CEO is waiting for you.”

tight–lipped smile,

office was filled with the scent

aroma lingered in

drinking at a

his legs casually bent, wearing a black shirt that gave him at rakish

with his eyes closed, his features were striking.

Natalia sighed inwardly.

He had it all – not just power and influence,

knew all too well the coldness of this man. He was emotionally detached. None of the women who passed through his life

no

man commanded, his voice devoid of emotion.

out of her reverie and approached him.

something.

his lap, his hand slipping under the hem of her business

when he was drunk. Even during the day, he would want her. And his buzz would

er way to

Hamilton to sober up.

protested, trying to restrain his

her neck, “Then hurry up, won’t you?”

punctuated his words with a firmer

leave a

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

herself discreetly to ignore the reactions he stirred in her body.

Can I just use

gaze narrowed, the drunken haze replaced by desire. “Not feeling well? Is

14:18

Chapter 1

I thought it wasn’t due

verify her

“You’re unwilling?”

negotiation with Victor Henkel,

resting on her shoulder, skillfully unclasped her bra from beneath her

Jenkins,” he said, the word ‘hard‘ carrying a double

realizing there was no escape today. “Then be

it make you

but in the bedroom – a

reason

be gentle. But if you’re the one

which Hamilton found irresistible. He licked her

and Hamilton’s laughter echoed in her ear.

“So sensitive?”

her chin and captured her lips, the taste