Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Natalia’s spine stiffened, a chill creeping up her back.

But she turned her head, managing to keep her expression casual. “And if it were true, what

would you do?

Hamilton’s brows were furrowed, his entire demeanor radiating a frosty aura as if the warmth and passion from moments before had been an illusion.

“What else can I do? I’d help you schedule the operation.”

Natalia’s face gradually lost its color, her hands clenched tightly together.

Hamilton’s gaze grew colder.

“Natalia, don’t forget the rules of our game.”

Natalia’s body tensed suddenly.

Right, their relationship had always been a game. After all, she could never truly match up to Hamilton with her background.

She was from an average family.

Hamilton, on the other hand, was the eldest son and heir of the prestigious Fowler family, the true master of its empire.

Their relationship had started by sheer coincidence.

Three years ago, her mother was in a terrible car accident and needed money urgently. Natalia had swallowed her pride and gone to her biological father’s mansion to ask for help.

She had collapsed after kneeling outside the opulent mansion for an entire night, without a penny to her name.

It was Hamilton, passing by, who found her.

When she woke up in the hospital, the first thing Hamilton did was propose a game to her.

An adult game with no strings attached.

Back then, all she had asked was, “Will I get paid?”

Hamilton had laughed at that, calling her “sensible.”

But over t

his game, Natalia found herself falling deeper and deeper.

she’d had a crush on for years.

an unrequited love that

ache in her heart, Natalia

worry, Mr. Fowler.

curving into a

quickly left the office before

her.

composed herself, and headed to the conference room.

time the meeting was over, it was

cunning

nearly slipped up several times.

finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable to both

up, he glanced over at

Jenkins, care to join

maybe another time. I’ll

Jenkins, just for a brief celebration. Why

Natalia a headache. Ever since Victor had started working on a project with her last year, he had been pursuing her.

him down many times, but Victor never seemed to give up despite her rejections.

Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins treat them,

insistence, Natalia reluctantly agreed.

was Victor’s choice.

expected was to run into

everyone to a private room in the Crest Club, and after settling them in, he took Natalia to another room, claiming he had other

professional contacts, she didn’t think much of

group of his high–flying friends. Each of them was accompanied by a woman, and sitting beside Hamilton was a B–list actress, oozing with flirtatious

lounged lazily on the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a

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Chapter 2

atmosphere that only encouraged

averted

his eyebrows lifted slightly, but he made no move. However, his brother

at Hamilton and then back at Natalia with a

drink? A little reward for

a corner seat away from the

over here.” Alden called out, always one to stir the

might not know of Natalia’s relationship with Hamilton, Alden

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