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 let it

how about I pick you up? There are some details about the new company launch I need to discuss with you."

"Okay."

the photo she had

in

reviewed documents

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

sounded surprised when

Why are you calling at this hour?

Natalia's face darkened.

Linda tell you about the

I be joining you,

massaging her temples, Natalia realized it was too late for

just

deep breath and called Hamilton, only to be

wouldn't joke about company business. But now,

the plane and saw Hamilton

tightened as she

"Enjoying this little game?"

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

opting instead to ask a flight attendant for a different seat. But

that you have Ronin, can't stand

didn't bite, simply rubbing her

well last

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. Thus, she fell into slumber not long after

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

her a moment to realize she was

fixated on the Roninet, lost in a flood of memories. Countless trips with Hamilton had ended just like this. Each time she awoke, she found herself leaning on him, his coat draped over

some memories were like shards of glass, piercing from her

she muttered a

"And how do you plan

up and walked off the plane. She

cold, she felt a chill. Boria City was frigid around the holidays. The biting air

the blazer was taken from her