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

"Okay."

mention the photo she had seen the night before.

Ronin's interest in her, their relationship

departure lounge, Natalia reviewed documents

before boarding, with no sign of

surprised when she

are you calling at this hour? Is something

Natalia's face darkened.

you about the business

should I be joining you,

temples, Natalia realized it was too late for Tess

just get

hanging up, Natalia took a deep breath and called Hamilton, only to

welled up inside her. She hadn't initially thought this 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. She didn't bother calling Linda again. This wasn't something

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

tightened as she

"Enjoying this little game?"

on a business trip is playing games?

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

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

bite, simply rubbing her

well last night?" he

Indeed, she hadn't slept well, and the contract issue was weighing heavily on her mind. She burned the midnight

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

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

in a flood of memories. Countless trips with Hamilton had ended just like this. Each time she awoke, she found herself leaning

let out a wry smile, realizing some memories were like shards of

upright, she muttered a

do you plan to thank

as Hamilton stood up and

she felt a chill. Boria City was frigid around the holidays. The biting air made Natalia hunch

her shoulders, and the blazer was taken from her