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

continued to play his game, Natalia found herself

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

that this was just an unrequited love that

the spreading ache in her heart,

Fowler. It’s not me.”

his chair, his thin lips curving into a slight smirk. “Ms. Jenkins is always sensible.

quickly left the office before he could notice anything amiss.

outside. Tess was already waiting for her. “Boss,

herself, and headed to the

the time the meeting was over, it was already 10

cunning and

up several

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

Victor was packing up, he

to join me for

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

her refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for

headache. Ever since Victor had started working on a project with

down many times, but Victor never seemed to give

hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins treat them,

Natalia reluctantly

Crest Club was Victor’s

to run into Hamilton there.

settling them in, he took Natalia to another room, claiming he had other guests to

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

entered, she saw 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

easy charm but with a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted

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Chapter 2

ambiguous atmosphere that only

averted her

no move. However, his brother Alden Fowler’s eyes brightened at the sight of Natalia.

Hamilton and then back at Natalia

here for a drink? A little reward for

seat

here.” Alden called out, always

of Natalia’s relationship

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