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 deeper.

the man she’d had a crush on

was just an unrequited

the spreading ache in her heart, Natalia forced a smile.

worry, Mr. Fowler. It’s not

curving into a slight smirk. “Ms.

office before he could

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

nodded, composed herself, and headed to the conference room.

over,

was cunning

up several

gave in until the very end, finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable to both parties and signing the contract for the next year’s collaboration.

was packing up, he glanced over at

join me for

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

Jenkins, just for a brief celebration.

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

but Victor

colleagues all worked so hard. Shouldn’t Ms. Jenkins

Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly

Club was Victor’s choice.

to run into Hamilton

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

professional contacts, she didn’t think

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

but with a distant look

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Chapter 2

ambiguous atmosphere that only

quickly averted her eyes.

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

back at Natalia with a smirk.

little reward for all the hard

corner seat away from

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

Natalia’s relationship with Hamilton,

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