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

while Hamilton continued to play his game, Natalia found herself falling deeper and

had a crush

just an unrequited love that would

spreading ache in her heart, Natalia forced

Mr. Fowler.

into a slight smirk. “Ms. Jenkins is always

left the office before he could notice anything amiss.

was already waiting for her.

nodded, composed herself, and headed to the conference

meeting was over, it was

cunning and

nearly slipped up

was acceptable to both parties and

Victor was packing up, he glanced over

Jenkins, care to join me

smile, “It’s quite late today, maybe

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

Victor had started working on a project with

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

hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins treat them, too?”

Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly

Crest Club was

hadn’t expected was to run

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

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

lazily on the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted the actress‘ advances

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Chapter 2

an ambiguous atmosphere that only encouraged her

quickly averted her eyes.

Hamilton noticed Natalia entering, his eyebrows lifted slightly, but he made no move. However,

and then back at Natalia with a

A little reward for

a corner seat away from the

sit so far away? Come over here.” Alden called out, always one

know of Natalia’s relationship with

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