Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 69

Victor Henkel stood at the doorway, a smile playing on his face.

“Ms. Jenkins, fancy seeing you here.”

Natalia didn’t expect to run into Victor here. But right now, she had no interest in speaking with his man. “Actually, I was just leaving. Got things to do.”

Victor stepped directly in her path. He’d been up to his neck in legal tangles lately and had come here to discuss case details, never anticipating a run–in with Natalia.

But now that she was here, he wasn’t about to let her just walk away.

“Ms. Jenkins, what’s this? Playing hide and seek with me?”

A wave of annoyance washed over Natalia. Just the sight of Victor made her skin crawl. She couldn’t fathom what she’d done to earn this man’s ire.

Was it simply because she’d refused his advances, and now he was making her pay, time and again?

Or was it because she’d inadvertently stepped into the shoes of the so–called Eveleen, and he was here to champion Eveleen’s cause?

Anyway, Natalia had no intention of wasting words on him.

“Mr. Henkel, perhaps you should come to terms with reality.”

With that, she tried to move past him, but her mood was far from pleasant.

Victor, however, seemed unfazed and blocked her way again. “Have you given any thought to my offer from the other day? Don’t worry, we can negotiate the price.”

Natalia’s face turned a shade of ashen, her lips trembling slightly with suppressed rage. “Mr. Henkel, what do you take me for?”

A smirk spread across Victor’s face. “Come off it, Ms. Jenkins. Aren’t you the one who keeps men company for money?”

Natalia clenched her teeth, “At least they have to be human!”

For the first time, Victor’s composure seemed to crack. He stepped forward, gripping Natalia’s neck. “Natalia, don’t push your luck!”

Her face flushed with the pressure, “Victor, I’ve never wronged you. What do you want from me?”

Victor’s smile returned as he finally let her go.

“Do you really not understand what I want, Ms. Jenkins? Or am I not being clear enough?” he paused, “Or perhaps you’re still clinging to some fairy tale dreams? Hoping to rise above your station? Natalia, don’t you see how unfeasible your ambitions are? What makes you think you

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Chapter 69

Eveleen’s

Once she caught her breath, she glared at Victor fiercely. “What’s it to you? Are you in

school when she was pure as an angel. But after she became Hamilton’s girl, he backed off. Who would

more like a sister. Natalia, on the other hand, was a different story. “Frankly, I’d rather sleep with you, Ms. Jenkins. Give it a shot. I promise you’ll

eyes brimmed with tears of fury, and she slapped Victor across the

sound echoed in the lounge

lost now!”

to snap something in Victor,

“Natalia, you are the first woman to ever hit me! I must take something

he lunged at her, his hands

door burst

with a smile, not expecting to witness such a scene. His

Henkel, what do you think you’re doing?”

moments away from a kiss, was infuriated by Lionel’s interruption. “It’s none of your business,

shrugged Lionel off and moved again

to the onlookers.

in

“Of course, but I can’t stand by and watch this happen under my roof,

dared to strike him. He grabbed Lionel by the collar, “I told you

Henkel, you do realize there are security cameras

Victor jeered and punched Lionel in the face. “What of it? I’ll still

troubles, and now this rejection

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Natalia hurried to Lionel’s side. “Lionel are you alright?”

worry, I’m

the gathering crowd, “Did anyone call the

“They did.”

remained

clout that the Fowlers did, but

do you reckon Hamilton would

you’re despicable!” Natalia’s eyes reddened, her hands

connecting

Lionel to

the time he gathered his senses, he had thrown