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

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

"Okay."

the photo she had seen the night

in her,

departure lounge, Natalia reviewed documents

boarding, with no sign of Tess, Natalia

sounded surprised when she

calling at this hour? Is something

Natalia's face darkened.

you about

replied, "No, should I be joining you,

it was too late for Tess

need, just

Natalia took a deep breath and called Hamilton, only to be

by Hamilton. Given his character, he wouldn't joke about company business. But now, she couldn't help but think otherwise. She didn't bother calling Linda again. This

time came quickly. Natalia, pulling her suitcase, boarded the plane and saw Hamilton sitting beside her

tightened

"Enjoying this little game?"

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

her lips into a thin line, opting instead to ask a flight attendant for a different seat. But

that you have Ronin, can't stand

bite, simply rubbing her temples

last night?"

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

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

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

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

were like shards of glass, piercing from her throat

muttered a

how do you plan to thank

stood up and

cold, she felt a chill. Boria City was

a warm coat landed on her shoulders, and the blazer was taken from her hands. Hamilton's scent of woody cologne