Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Natalia stifled her anger and returned to the studio, apologizing profusely to the crew before heading back to the company. She knew Hamilton had deliberately kept her in the dark the night before. But for the life of her, she couldn’t figure out what she had done to tick him off this

time.

After settling into her office for a bit, Hamilton’s call came through. “Come up and fix me a cup of coffee.”

“Sorry, Mr. Fowler, I need to reschedule the studio shoot.”

“And?”

“I don’t have time right now. Maybe someone else can make your coffee.” Natalia hung up without another word. After the call, she felt a surge of rebellious pride–she had just hung up on Hamilton Fowler.

But damn the consequences, she really didn’t want to see him right now. Did he actually enjoy playing these games?

Natalia was still seething. The man never seemed to lose. Now she thought about it; it was probably because she had given the food she had made for him to the stray animals.

But what was she supposed to do? Leave it out for him to eat after coming back from dining with Eveleen? As if he would care for her simple home cooking after Eveleen’s gourmet meals?

Soon after, the intercom buzzed, and Tess, her assistant, cautiously knocked on her door.

“Boss, Mr. Fowler wants to see you.”

Tess was well aware of the stunt pulled on Natalia today. Everyone at the studio had a pretty good idea of what was happening. It seemed to be another round in the ongoing rivalry between two women. And once again, Natalia seemed to have lost.

Eveleen, the untouchable queen bee, could make Natalia crumble without even showing up. Even Tess felt it was unfair. But with Hamilton high on his throne, if he sided with Eveleen, no

one dared speak up.

Natalia slumped in her chair, reluctant to move. But she knew if she didn’t, someone else would

catch the heat.

Hamilton was adept at manipulation. He always knew what she valued. If she disobeyed, it would be Tess or the executive secretary who would suffer.

In his world, she had no choice but to play along.

“I got it.”

Pushing down her frustration, Natalia gathered her composure and headed upstairs.

As she approached the door, she heard a loud bang from inside, and her steps halted abruptly.

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at

Manager reporting in,” the secretary informed her.

“I’ll come

lips twitched. “You can go

one to rush into the line

a perfectionist at work. Except, of course, for

Hamilton’s first love, his lost dream. Eveleen must really

water, she sat by the window,

drifted back to her childhood.

only a nanny with him, and Natalia always thought he looked so lonely, even if she was living a rough life herself – at least

she would rush to share it with Hamilton. He would light up with joy, thanking her with a

You’re the kindest person in the

words of affection stayed with her for years. But then, he

she met Hamilton again three years ago, she realized he wasn’t pitiable at all. The true pitiable one had always been her. It seemed she had

was not the boy from her childhood. His words of

open. It was the

Fowler is

open the door to Hamilton’s

sat behind his desk, head down, his voice dripping with sarcasm as

always finding time to slack off, I

you seemed

swamped while you find the time to enjoy the view. Do

muttered an apology. After a moment, she spoke up. “Mr. Fowler, when can Ms. Schafer start shooting? If she can’t

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next month, and any further delays will affect

As for a replacement, that’s not an option. Don’t even consider it. If you can’t handle the job, maybe it’s time for someone

threat was clear: it wasn’t just the campaign at stake, but her position as

How ridiculous.

was the one not cooperating, yet Natalia was the one he wanted to

she needed this job and the money. and she couldn’t afford to lose

she met his gaze.

to

you to complete the task on time and to a high

nodded after a short

to call Eveleen’s agent to reschedule.

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