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

to play his game,

man she’d had

understood that this was just an unrequited

the spreading ache in her heart,

worry, Mr. Fowler.

his chair, his thin lips curving into a slight smirk. “Ms. Jenkins

smiled and quickly left the office before he could

outside. Tess was already waiting for her.

nodded, composed herself, and headed to the conference

the meeting was over, it was

cunning and shrewd.

slipped up several

a price that was acceptable to both parties and

was packing up, he glanced over

to join me

offered a polite smile, “It’s quite late today, maybe another time. I’ll treat you then, Mr.

Victor didn’t take her refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just

headache. Ever since Victor had started working on

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

so hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins treat

Natalia reluctantly

Club was Victor’s choice.

expected was to run

and after settling them in, he took Natalia to another room,

shared many professional contacts, she

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

air of easy charm but with a distant look in his eyes.

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Chapter 2

ambiguous atmosphere that only encouraged her

quickly averted

his eyebrows lifted slightly, but he made no move. However, his brother Alden Fowler’s eyes brightened at the

glanced at Hamilton and then back at

a drink? A little reward for all the

chose a corner seat away from

Alden called out, always one to

relationship with Hamilton, Alden was well

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