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

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

"Okay."

photo she had seen the night before. It

in

the departure lounge, Natalia reviewed documents

with no sign of

surprised when she

Why are you calling at this

Natalia's face darkened.

Linda tell you about the business

I be joining

realized it was too late for Tess to make

just get some

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

Hamilton. Given his character, he wouldn't joke about company business. But now,

the plane and saw Hamilton sitting beside

lips tightened

"Enjoying this little game?"

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

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

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

didn't bite, simply

last night?"

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

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

landed. It took her a moment to realize she was resting on Hamilton's shoulder,

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

like

upright, she muttered a "Thank

do you plan to thank

bit her lip, remaining silent as Hamilton stood up and walked off the plane. She followed, lugging her suitcase

chill. Boria City was frigid around the

landed on her shoulders, and the blazer was taken from