Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 272

Natalia was caught off guard when he kissed her.

She snapped back to reality and pushed him away.

But Hamilton was relentless, deepening the kiss even further.

"Natalia, did you hear me?"

Ryan's voice was right in her ear, and Hamilton picked up his phone and directly said to the other end, "Mr. Holzer, you're interrupting, got it?"

After hanging up, Natalia was visibly flustered. "Hamilton, what are you doing?"

Hamilton wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her up.

"Stay away from Ryan, Natalia."

Natalia sighed in frustration, "We hardly ever talk outside of work."

Hamilton's expression was still grim. "You can contact other people for work, but why is it always Ryan who contacts you? Isn't there anyone else in the Foreign Affairs Department?"

Natalia frowned, "Hamilton, I can't control who contacts me for work, and neither can he. I promise you, there's nothing more than work between us. Can you please stop making a fuss about it?" Hamilton just chuckled, "You might think it's nothing, but he might not."

"He's not without boundaries."

"Sometimes, an outsider sees the clearest."

Before she could say anything else, Hamilton's lips were on hers again.

Natalia tried to push him away, but Hamilton had somehow produced a tie and bound her wrists with it.

"Natalia, focus on me now."

Hamilton's hand slipped under her dress as he spoke.

Natalia wasn't unwilling, but she was definitely annoyed at the moment.

So, there was some struggle.

Afterwards, her wrists bore red marks from the tie.

Hamilton untied her and kissed her wrists apologetically.

"Did it hurt?"

Natalia kicked him.

"Hamilton, you jerk!"

But he remained on top of her. "Natalia, you didn't mind when we did it while you were on the phone with Lionel before. Why do you care so much now?" Natalia glared at the man above her, furious.

you many times, my interactions with

he looked at her. "Is this job really that important

met his eyes, "Yes,

between them froze

him away, got dressed, grabbed her phone, and headed to

on the couch

puffs, he extinguished it and

glanced at him and then moved

call Ryan

briefed her on the work, she quietly asked, "Mr. Collin, could you

but quickly

problem. What's

a

and wrapped his arms

just looked out the window, and after a few seconds,

job is my dream. I won't give it up for anyone. I'll try to keep my distance from Ryan, but I can't promise there will be no contact at all. I hope you can

but Ryan, he wouldn't react

Finally, he nodded.

"Okay."

to look at him, and after a moment, she said, "Could you wear a

"Did it get messy?

her dress, Natalia kicked

and lifted her in his arms, "Let me help you clean

do it

on, let me

Scarlett had just parked her car at the hospital

closed her car

and contempt in that glance were too intense for Elliott

Frustrated, he followed her.

"Scarlett, what's your problem?"

patted Elliott, "Mr. Lehner, I'm a doctor. It's okay to admit when you're not up to

belongs to en. went

momentarily stunned, then infuriated when he realized

you saying is not

else could

livid,"

to the task?

you have any idea how many times you...? You got blackout drunk

I'm not up to the

and turned

be ridiculous. Even if I was blackout drunk, I would never forget something

his pride, grabbed her, "No, we need to settle this

else was negotiable, but his

you propose we do that,

his anger, "Let's do it again, when you're

on. My first time was wasted on

teeth, trying to contain