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

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

had a crush

she understood that this was just an unrequited love that would lead

her heart, Natalia forced a

Fowler.

a

the office before he could notice anything amiss.

was already waiting for her. “Boss,

and headed to the

the meeting was over, it was already 10

was cunning

up several

was acceptable to both parties and signing

Victor was packing up, he glanced

care to join me for a

smile, “It’s quite late today, maybe another time. I’ll treat you then, Mr. Henkel.”

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

had started working on a project with her last year, he had been

turned him down many times, but Victor never seemed to give up

colleagues all worked so hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins treat them, too?”

insistence, Natalia

Crest Club was Victor’s choice.

hadn’t expected was to run into Hamilton there.

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.

Victor shared many professional contacts, she didn’t think much of it

Each of them was accompanied by a woman, and sitting beside Hamilton

lounged lazily on the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a distant look in his

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Chapter 2

atmosphere that only encouraged her further.

quickly averted her eyes.

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

then back at Natalia with a smirk.

for a drink? A little reward for

corner seat away from the

sit so far away? Come over here.” Alden

Natalia’s relationship with

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