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

play his game, Natalia found herself falling deeper

she’d had a crush

just an unrequited

ache in her heart,

Fowler.

chair, his thin lips curving into a slight

and quickly left the office

her. “Boss, the meeting starts

and headed

was over, it

was cunning and

up several

very end, finally agreeing on a price that was acceptable

he glanced over at Natalia.

Jenkins, care to join me for

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

seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for a

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

but Victor never seemed to give up despite her rejections.

worked so hard. Shouldn’t Ms.

Natalia reluctantly

Club was

to run

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

she didn’t think

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 distant look in

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Chapter 2

that only encouraged

quickly averted

Natalia entering, his eyebrows lifted slightly, but he made no move. However, his

glanced at Hamilton and then back at Natalia with a

Jenkins, here for a drink? A little reward for all the hard

a corner seat away

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

Natalia’s relationship with Hamilton, Alden was well aware.

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