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

his game, Natalia found herself falling deeper and

was the man she’d had a crush

was just an unrequited love that would

in her heart, Natalia forced a

Mr. Fowler. It’s not me.”

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

left the office

was already waiting for her. “Boss, the

herself, and headed to the conference room.

over,

cunning

up several times.

on a price that was acceptable to both parties and

packing up, he glanced over at

to join me for

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

refusal seriously. “Ms. Jenkins,

since Victor had started working on a project with her last

him down many times, but Victor never seemed to give

hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins treat them, too?”

insistence, Natalia

Club was Victor’s

was to

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

she didn’t think much of it and followed

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 flirtatious charm.

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

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Chapter 2

that only encouraged her

quickly averted her eyes.

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

Hamilton and then back at Natalia

here for a drink? A little reward for all the hard work?”

a corner seat away from

Alden called out, always one to

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

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