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
years, while Hamilton continued to play his game, Natalia found
she’d had a crush on for
just an
ache in her
Fowler.
thin lips curving into a slight smirk. “Ms. Jenkins is always sensible. I can trust
office before he could notice anything
was already waiting for her. “Boss, the meeting starts
herself, and headed to the
the meeting was over,
cunning
up several times.
finally agreeing on a price that was
up, he
Jenkins, care to join me
a polite smile, “It’s quite late today, maybe another time. I’ll treat you then,
Victor didn’t take her refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just
Victor had started working on a project with her last
turned him down many times, but Victor never seemed to give up despite her rejections.
hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins
insistence, Natalia
Club was Victor’s
was to run into
in the Crest Club, and after settling them in, he took Natalia to another
shared many professional contacts, she didn’t think
Hamilton, the center 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, oozing with flirtatious charm.
a distant look
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Chapter 2
that only encouraged her
quickly averted
no move. However, his brother Alden Fowler’s eyes brightened at the
glanced at Hamilton and then back at
drink? A little reward for
chose a corner seat
away? Come over here.” Alden
others might not know of Natalia’s relationship with
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