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

play his game, Natalia found herself falling deeper and

was the man she’d had a crush on for

an unrequited

the spreading ache in her heart, Natalia forced a smile.

Mr. Fowler.

chair, his thin lips curving into a slight

quickly left the office

her. “Boss, the meeting starts

composed herself, and headed to

the meeting was over,

was cunning and

slipped up

in until the very end, finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable to both parties and signing the contract for the next year’s

he glanced over at

care to join me for

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

take her refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for a brief celebration.

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

but Victor never seemed to give up

hard. Shouldn’t

insistence, Natalia reluctantly

was Victor’s choice.

to run into

and after settling them in, he took Natalia

contacts, she didn’t think much of it and followed

high–flying friends. Each of them was accompanied by

with a

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Chapter 2

atmosphere that only encouraged her further.

averted her

but he made no move.

Hamilton and then back at Natalia with a

a drink? A little reward for all

chose a corner seat away from the

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

not know of Natalia’s relationship with Hamilton,

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