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

while Hamilton continued to play his game, Natalia found herself falling

the man she’d had a crush on for

understood that this was just an unrequited love

the spreading ache in her

worry, Mr. Fowler.

his thin lips curving into a slight smirk. “Ms. Jenkins is always sensible. I can trust

office before he could notice anything

outside. Tess was already waiting for her. “Boss, the meeting starts in five

nodded, composed herself, and headed to the conference

over, it was already 10 p.m.

was cunning and shrewd.

slipped up several times.

a price that was acceptable to both parties and signing the contract

packing up, he glanced over at Natalia.

join

a polite smile, “It’s quite late today, maybe

seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for a brief

comment gave Natalia a headache. Ever since Victor had started working on a project with her last year, he had been

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

all worked so hard. Shouldn’t

insistence, Natalia

Crest Club was Victor’s

to run into Hamilton

everyone to a private room in the Crest Club, and after settling them in, he took Natalia

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

friends. Each of them was

lazily on the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted the actress‘ advances nor outright rejected them,

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Chapter 2

ambiguous atmosphere that only encouraged her further.

averted her

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

and then back at Natalia with

for a drink? A little reward for all the hard

a corner seat away from the

Come over here.” Alden called out, always one to stir the pot.

not know of Natalia’s relationship

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