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,

the man she’d had a crush on for years.

that this was just an unrequited love that would lead

ache in her heart,

Mr. Fowler. It’s not me.”

his chair, his thin lips curving into a slight smirk.

the office before he could notice anything amiss.

her. “Boss, the

herself, and headed

the meeting was over, it was already

cunning and

slipped up

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

up, he glanced over at

care to join me for

late today, maybe another time. I’ll treat you then, Mr.

seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for a

working on a

had turned him down many times, but Victor never seemed to give up despite her rejections.

colleagues all worked so hard. Shouldn’t Ms.

Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly

Crest Club was Victor’s

to run into Hamilton

in the Crest Club, and after settling them in, he took Natalia to

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

the center of attention amid a group of his high–flying friends. Each of them was accompanied by a woman, and sitting beside

with a distant look in his eyes.

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Chapter 2

that only encouraged her further.

averted her eyes.

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

at Hamilton and then back at Natalia

little reward for all the

seat away from

Come over here.” Alden called out,

might not know of Natalia’s relationship with Hamilton, Alden was well

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