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

her.

eyes,

atmosphere between

pushed him away, got dressed, grabbed her phone, and

on the couch and lit

of puffs, he extinguished it and followed

glanced at him and

call Ryan but instead dialed

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

paused but

problem. What's

elaborating, and after a brief discussion about work,

behind her and wrapped his arms around her,

push him away, just looked out the window, and after a few seconds, she finally

promise there will be no contact at all. I hope you can at least trust me." Hamilton was silent, holding her, his expression

Ryan, he wouldn't react this

Finally, he nodded.

"Okay."

said,

it get messy?

to lift her dress, Natalia kicked him away,

lifted her in his

can do

let me

had just parked her car at the hospital when Elliott approached her, sporting a

gave him a look, closed her car door, and walked towards the

glance

Frustrated, he followed her.

"Scarlett, what's your problem?"

I'm a doctor. It's okay to admit when you're not up

belongs to en. went

infuriated when he realized what she

is

could

was livid,"

to the task?

you have any idea how many

up

and

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

desperate to defend his pride, grabbed her, "No, we need to settle

negotiable, but his

propose we do

anger, "Let's do it

wasted on you, and you want to

teeth, trying to contain