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 found herself falling deeper and deeper.

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

an unrequited love that

spreading ache in her heart,

worry, Mr. Fowler. It’s not

curving into a slight smirk.

left the office before he could

already waiting for her.

headed to the

the time the meeting was over, it was already 10 p.m.

cunning

nearly slipped up

was acceptable to

packing up, he glanced over at Natalia.

join me

late today, maybe another time. I’ll treat you then,

“Ms. Jenkins, just for a

comment gave Natalia a headache. Ever since Victor had started working on a project

Victor never seemed

colleagues all worked so hard. Shouldn’t Ms.

Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly

was Victor’s

Natalia hadn’t expected was to run into

them in,

contacts, she didn’t

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

an air of easy charm but with a distant look in

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Chapter 2

an ambiguous atmosphere that

quickly averted

eyebrows lifted slightly, but he made no move. However, his brother Alden

and then back at Natalia with a smirk.

for a drink? A little reward for all the hard

seat away

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

others might not know of Natalia’s relationship with

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