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

some details about the new company launch I need to

"Okay."

mention the photo she had seen the night before. It wasn't

interest in her, their relationship

the departure lounge, Natalia reviewed documents while waiting

hour before boarding, with no sign of Tess,

sounded surprised when she

Why are you calling at this hour?

Natalia's face darkened.

tell you about the

should I be joining

temples, Natalia realized it was too late for Tess to

need, just get

Hamilton, only

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

her suitcase, boarded the plane and saw Hamilton sitting beside her

lips tightened as she

"Enjoying this little game?"

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

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

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

simply

well last night?"

her eyes as 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

face, his eyes clouded with obscure emotions. After a while,

took her a moment to realize she was resting on Hamilton's shoulder, covered

in a flood of memories. Countless trips with Hamilton had ended just like

memories were like shards of glass, piercing from her throat to her

muttered

how do you plan to

remaining silent as Hamilton stood up and

was frigid around the holidays. The biting air made Natalia

the blazer was taken from her hands. Hamilton's scent of woody cologne lingered on the