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 deeper

had a crush on for

just an

the spreading ache in her heart,

Fowler. It’s not

thin lips curving into a

left the office before he could notice anything amiss.

waiting for her. “Boss, the meeting starts in

nodded, composed herself, and headed to

meeting was over,

cunning

nearly slipped up several

that was acceptable to

packing up, he glanced

join me for a drink?”

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

refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for a brief celebration. Why not?”

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

had turned him down many times, but Victor never seemed to

colleagues all worked so hard. Shouldn’t Ms.

Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly agreed.

Club was

expected was to run into Hamilton there.

and after settling them in, he took Natalia

shared many professional contacts, she

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

the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a distant look

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Chapter 2

atmosphere that only encouraged her further.

quickly averted

move. However, his brother Alden

back at Natalia with a

little reward for all

corner seat away from the

far away? Come over here.” Alden called out, always

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

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