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

was the man she’d had a crush on

that this was just an unrequited love that would

in her heart, Natalia forced

Mr. Fowler. It’s not

a slight smirk. “Ms. Jenkins is always

office before he

was already waiting for her. “Boss, the meeting

composed herself, and headed

meeting was over,

cunning and

up several times.

end, finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable

Victor was packing up, he glanced over at

Jenkins, care to join me for a drink?”

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

her refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for

started working on a project with her last year,

Victor never seemed to

Shouldn’t Ms.

Victor’s insistence, Natalia

Club was

was to run

and after settling them in, he took Natalia to another

and Victor shared many professional contacts, she

high–flying friends. Each of them was accompanied

a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted the actress‘ advances nor outright rejected

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Chapter 2

an ambiguous atmosphere that only

averted her

made no move. However, his brother Alden Fowler’s eyes brightened

glanced at Hamilton and then back at Natalia with

little

a corner seat away from the

Come over here.” Alden called out,

know of Natalia’s relationship with Hamilton, Alden was well aware.

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