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,

up? There are some details about the new company launch I

"Okay."

she had seen

sense Ronin's interest in her,

lounge, Natalia reviewed

before boarding, with no sign of

surprised when

calling at this hour? Is something

Natalia's face darkened.

you about the business

should I be

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

need, just

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

trip was a ploy by Hamilton. Given his character, he wouldn't joke about company business. But now, she couldn't help but think otherwise.

her suitcase, boarded the plane and saw Hamilton sitting beside

lips tightened

"Enjoying this little game?"

business trip is playing

a thin line, opting instead to ask a flight attendant for a different

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

bite, simply rubbing her

well last

soon as she sat down. Indeed, 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 body hadn't fully recovered. Thus, she

with obscure emotions. After

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

on the Roninet, lost in a flood of memories. Countless trips with Hamilton had ended just like this. Each

like shards of glass, piercing

she muttered

do you plan

and walked off the plane. She followed, lugging

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

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