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?"

other option,

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

"Okay."

the photo she had seen the night before.

interest in her,

the departure lounge, Natalia reviewed documents

with no sign of Tess,

sounded surprised when she

calling at this hour?

Natalia's face darkened.

tell you about

should I

was

just

Hamilton, only to be met with the beep of a disconnected

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

her suitcase, boarded the plane and saw Hamilton sitting

tightened as

"Enjoying this little game?"

"Sending you on a business trip is playing games? Ms. Jenkins, you seem to be quite above it

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

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

simply rubbing

sleep well last

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 fell into slumber not long

on her face, his eyes clouded with obscure emotions. After a while, he gently shifted her

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

had ended just like this. Each time she awoke, she found herself leaning on him, his coat draped over

a wry smile, realizing some memories were like

she muttered

how do

stood up and

was frigid around

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