Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 151

Natalia hesitated in her stride, thinking she might have misheard.

Linda repeated the message on the other end of the phone.

"Ms. Jenkins, there's a snag with the project you're overseeing. You'll need to take a business trip."

Natalia remained silent for a moment before asking, "Do I have to go myself?"

"The client specifically requested negotiations with the project head."

After a brief pause, Natalia agreed.

After all, she hadn't formally resigned from Ivy Gemstone.

"I'll need my assistant to accompany me."

There was a moment of silence from Linda before she replied, "Alright, Ms. Jenkins, I'll inform your assistant to meet you at the airport tomorrow."

The next day, Natalia was up early, packing her things for the airport.

Once there, she received a call from Ronin.

"Ms. Jenkins, it's the weekend-you must have some time now, right?"

Natalia offered a tight-lipped smile. "Sorry, Mr. Joyner, I'm at the airport heading out on a business matter."

Ronin was clearly taken aback.

"Business on the weekend?"

Natalia didn't elaborate; after all, it was an internal affair at Ivy Gemstone.

Ronin sounded slightly irked. "I suspect Hamilton did this on purpose."

Natalia chuckled softly, "Mr. Joyner, I still haven't left Ivy Gemstone, remember?"

option, Ronin let

pick you up? There are some details about the new company launch I need to discuss with you." After a moment's thought,

"Okay."

mention the photo she had seen the

Ronin's interest in her, their relationship was strictly

lounge, Natalia reviewed documents while waiting

of Tess, Natalia

sounded surprised

you calling at this hour? Is

Natalia's face darkened.

you about the

replied, "No, should I

temples, Natalia realized it was too late for Tess to make

need, just get some

deep breath and called Hamilton, only to be met with the beep of a disconnected

was a ploy by Hamilton. Given his character, he wouldn't joke

Natalia, pulling her suitcase, boarded the plane and saw Hamilton

tightened

"Enjoying this little game?"

up. "Sending you on a business trip is playing games? Ms. Jenkins, you seem

a thin line, opting instead to ask a flight attendant for a different seat. But the flight was full,

at her. "Now that you have Ronin, can't stand sitting with

simply rubbing her

well last

She burned the midnight oil just to prepare the documents needed. She had been swamped lately, and her body hadn't fully recovered.

eyes clouded with obscure emotions. After a while, he gently shifted

her a moment to realize she was resting on Hamilton's shoulder, covered by a blazer-it

lost in a flood of memories. Countless trips with Hamilton had ended just like this. Each time she

like shards of glass,

upright, she muttered a

do you plan to thank

up and walked off the plane. She followed, lugging her suitcase

out into the cold, she felt a chill. Boria City was frigid around the holidays. The biting air made

landed on her shoulders, and the blazer was taken from her hands. Hamilton's scent of