Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 114

Natalia’s smile stiffened for a moment. She hadn’t mentioned tonight’s affair to Hamilton. Had she done so, she likely wouldn’t have made it this evening.

Hamilton didn’t care about her, but his need to control her was exceptionally strong.

To this day. Natalia couldn’t figure out what that man was thinking. Just like she couldn’t understand why he cared so much about Eveleen yet insisted on keeping her close.

The thought of Hamilton and Eveleen still cast a shadow over Natalia’s heart. Even though she tried not to let it bother her, it still hurt.

Caspian noticed the fleeting cloud over Natalia’s expression, and his brows knitted slightly.

“Argued?”

Natalia snapped back to reality, shaking her head. “No.”

Caspian didn’t press her, merely nodding. “Listen, if you need a hand with anything, just holler. I’m the kind of guy who helps a friend out, family or not.”

Natalia smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

It wasn’t long before Ryan returned.

Caspian looked at Natalia. “We’ll catch up after the gathering.”

*Sure,” Natalia agreed.

She followed Ryan toward the interpreter’s booth.

“Nervous?” Ryan’s eyes still twinkled with delight.

Natalia chuckled. “It’d be a lie to say I’m not.‘

It had been three years since she last did simultaneous interpretation, and to jump back in at such a large–scale conference, she feared making a mistake.

But Ryan just smiled. “I believe in you.”

Natalia glanced at him and said no more. Having agreed to the task, she wasn’t one to bail at

the last minute.

Inside the booth, several interpreters were already engaged in hushed discussions about the conference content. Upon Ryan and Natalia’s arrival, all eyes turned toward them.

Most high–end interpreters were familiar faces at various conferences, but Natalia was a new face to them.

The head of the translation department, Collin, couldn’t help but frown.

“Ryan, is this the Italian interpreter you spoke of? Has she done this sort of work before?”

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Collin’s expression soured.

reassured, “Mr. Collin, don’t worry. If anything goes wrong, I’ll

wouldn’t be problems. Should anything go awry, even with Ryan taking responsibility, Collin would still

start, finding a replacement was out of the

Her clean, pretty

her place with the materials, anxiety was palpable. Yet, there was an odd sense of calm, as if something

with a passion she thought she had lost

at the figure in the interpreter booth in amazement. Now, he finally realized he might have seen

passage of time that clouded his

the meeting finally ended, Natalia emerged from the booth to find Ryan

he

Natalia nodded vigorously.

them, scrutinizing Natalia, “You

hello,

with recognition. “Natalia? The polyglot fluent in ten languages? I’ve seen your profile among the distinguished alumni at Boria University. I wanted to recruit you for our department, but I heard you

an opportunity, I would,”

work together more in the future?”

eyes

she

“You should have

She wanted to return, but it wouldn’t be easy. Just facing Hamilton would

outside, they ran into Caspian.

and was now standing at the entrance of the

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you a lift?” he offered.

intended

his thoughts. “You must have a lot on your plate,

conference over but foreign

that he’d reconnected with Natalia, he was determined not to lose her

he said, “We’ll

bidding Ryan farewell, Natalia joined Caspian.

did you want to

was in

At times, he found his own preoccupation amusing. Surely, her mother couldn’t be his sister, yet he couldn’t help

brought a wave of sadness over Natalia. “It’s the same, but the doctors

Caspian nodded understandingly.

there’s anything you need help with down the road, just

all the way to the parking lot, but at the entrance, they spotted the all–too–familiar Rolls Royce Cullinan.

even colder than the winter air itself. He was leaning against the car,