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

had a crush on

she understood that this was just an unrequited love that

in her heart, Natalia forced

Mr. Fowler. It’s not

curving into a slight smirk. “Ms.

quickly left the office before

for her. “Boss,

herself, and headed to the

time the meeting was over,

cunning

slipped up several

until the very end, finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable to both parties and signing the contract for

Victor was packing up, he glanced over at

to join me for a drink?”

late today, maybe another time. I’ll

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

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

but Victor never seemed to

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

Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly

was Victor’s

expected was to run into Hamilton

Crest Club, and after settling them in, he took Natalia to another room, claiming he had other

and Victor shared many professional contacts, she didn’t think

friends. Each of them was accompanied by a

lounged lazily on the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted

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Chapter 2

that only encouraged her

averted her

lifted slightly, but he made no move. However, his

back at Natalia with

drink? A little reward for all the

corner seat

far away? Come over here.” Alden called out, always one to stir the pot.

relationship with Hamilton, Alden

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