Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 159

Chapter 158

Hamilton had lost his appetite.

Hence, the dinner plans they had made just fell apart.

Mr. Bran had wanted to have dinner with Ryan, but it was clear Ryan wasn't playing ball, and that was that.

The trio left the office together, with Mr. Bran politely seeing them out.

Ryan and Natalia walked ahead, deep in conversation, about the opening ceremony of the international expo that evening.

Hamilton squinted at their retreating figures and, unable to help himself, lit up a cigarette.

The thick smoke did little to obscure the bitterness in his eyes.

Mr. Bran chuckled as he watched him. "I thought Ms. Jenkins was with you."

Hamilton snorted.

He used to think so, too.

He had always believed Natalia was his for the taking.

A tantrum, a temporary split, he figured it was just a flash of anger.

She would come back when she cooled down, he thought.

Until today, when he heard Ryan call her Nat.

It hit Hamilton then - Ryan wasn't like Ronin.

Sure, he had been mad at Natalia over Ronin before.

But deep down, he knew that playboy wasn't for her.

If he could see it, so could Natalia.

With Ronin, at best, it would end up as some sugar daddy arrangement.

A fling he could break if he pushed hard enough.

But Ryan was different.

He could tell Ryan was serious about Natalia.

The way he looked at her had a cautious tenderness that spoke of real intent.

And Natalia didn't seem to mind Ryan's attention.

Hamilton suddenly realized.

entertain the idea

when

like he'd never felt before

strode forward, catching up with the

resuming her talk with Ryan about

cut in without

had Linda book a flight for

tracks, turning to

back to Silkwood City tomorrow. No

Hamilton frowned. "What things?"

got a

away, but as soon as you hit

this was just Ryan's

was a meeting;

waned. "Believe it or not, I

that, she quickened her

was on

tomorrow. I'll go

he finished,

empire to run, Mr. Fowler. You should head back." With that, Ryan opened the

of cool

being a bit too

glanced back into the car,

natural to be attentive to a girl

leaving Hamilton in his wake, crushing his cigarette

glanced at Natalia. "Hamilton must be

she responded without

noticed

wouldn't keep coming back to her if

women were never in short

regretted it now, he would likely

took a deep breath, pushing

had something else

to have dinner with anyone on

he didn't

given his background, he probably

forcing myself," Ryan

part of your work, your life. It's not just

at a

a moment, she managed a

not good

his face cooling for

meeting his suddenly stern gaze. Even his cold

you. If you don't mind it, we can talk about 'us.' Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll be wasting your

softened, but the

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