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?"

no other option, Ronin let it

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

"Okay."

the photo she had seen the night before.

in her, their relationship was strictly

Natalia reviewed documents while

of Tess,

surprised when

at this hour? Is something

Natalia's face darkened.

tell you about the

I be joining

it was

just get some

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

this trip was a ploy by Hamilton. Given his character, he wouldn't joke about company business.

pulling her suitcase, boarded the plane and saw Hamilton

tightened as

"Enjoying this little game?"

on a business trip is playing games? Ms. Jenkins, you

a flight attendant for a different

at her. "Now that you have

bite, simply rubbing her

sleep well last night?"

she hadn't slept well, and the contract issue was weighing heavily on her mind. She burned the midnight oil just to prepare the documents needed. She had been swamped lately, and her

emotions. After a while,

took her a moment to realize she was resting on Hamilton's shoulder, covered by a blazer-it was the one she had bought for

flood of memories. Countless trips with Hamilton had ended just like this. Each time she awoke, she found herself leaning on him, his coat

a wry smile, realizing some memories were like shards of glass, piercing

she muttered

how do you

and walked off

Boria City was frigid around the holidays.

the blazer was taken from her hands. Hamilton's scent of