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, Ronin let

some details about the new

"Okay."

photo she had seen

could sense Ronin's interest in her, their

departure lounge, Natalia reviewed

before boarding, with no sign of Tess, Natalia couldn't help but

sounded surprised when she

at this hour?

Natalia's face darkened.

tell you about the business

I be

was

need, just get

a deep breath and called Hamilton, only

of anger 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

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

lips tightened

"Enjoying this little game?"

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

to ask a flight attendant for a different seat. But the flight was full, and she reluctantly took her

that you have Ronin,

simply rubbing her

last night?"

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.

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

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

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

realizing some memories were like shards of glass, piercing

muttered a

how do you plan to

stood up and walked off the plane. She followed,

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

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