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

Hamilton continued to play his game, Natalia

she’d had a crush on for years.

she understood that this was just an

her

Fowler. It’s not

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

and quickly left the office

for her. “Boss, the meeting starts in

nodded, composed herself, and headed

over, it

cunning and

nearly slipped up several

very end, finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable to

he

Jenkins, care to join me for a

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

Jenkins, just for a

started working on a

had turned him down many times, but Victor never seemed

colleagues all worked so hard. Shouldn’t

Natalia reluctantly

was

to run

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

contacts, she didn’t think much of it and

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

a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted the actress‘

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Chapter 2

that only encouraged her

averted her eyes.

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

glanced at Hamilton and then back at Natalia with a

little reward for all the hard

corner seat away from the crowd.

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

not know of Natalia’s relationship

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