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
man she’d had a
she understood that this was just an unrequited love that would lead nowhere.
ache in her heart, Natalia forced a smile.
worry, Mr. Fowler. It’s not me.”
chair, his thin lips curving into a
left the office before he could notice anything
her. “Boss, the meeting starts
composed herself, and headed to the
time the meeting was over,
was cunning
up several
that was acceptable to both parties and signing the contract
he glanced over
join me
today, maybe another time. I’ll treat
seriously. “Ms. Jenkins, just for a brief celebration. Why not?”
headache. Ever since Victor had started working on a project with her last year, he had
turned him down many times, but Victor never seemed to give
all worked so hard. Shouldn’t
Victor’s insistence, Natalia reluctantly agreed.
Club was Victor’s choice.
Natalia hadn’t expected was to
room in the Crest Club, and after settling them in, he
she didn’t think
of attention amid a group of his high–flying friends. Each of them was accompanied by a woman, and
the sofa, exuding an air of easy charm but with a distant look in his eyes. He neither accepted the actress‘ advances
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Chapter 2
ambiguous atmosphere that only
quickly averted
his eyebrows lifted slightly, but he made no move. However, his brother Alden Fowler’s
glanced at Hamilton and then back at Natalia
drink? A little reward for
chose a corner seat
far away? Come over here.” Alden
relationship with Hamilton,
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