Chapter 535

“You…” A hint of coldness was beginning to turn Natalie’s gaze into an icy glare. She was about to snap at Derek when Elizabeth stopped her.

“I’ll do it. We should avoid getting into conflicts with each other for this project.” between the two of them, Elizabeth felt as if she was caught in the middle of a brewing storm.

She picked up the pen and started to draw. As her hand moved across the page, a sudden burst of pain radiated from her wound. The pen dropped to the ground with a clatter.

Elizabeth crouched down to pick it up. “I’m sorry,” she said awkwardly. “It sl*pped because my grip was a little loose.”

Derek could tell with one glance that Elizabeth was downplaying her injury. It was a deep enough cut that the normal use of her hand was not possible.

“Miss Perry, you’ve hurt your hand badly. I can’t trust a designer who can’t even hold a pen right.”

He turned to look at Natalie with a smug smile. “This is why I said I was choosing you. Any more objections?”

It took everything in Natalie not to let her fury boil over at the sight of Derek’s triumphant face. Focusing instead on Elizabeth, Natalie held her arm and said, “You don’t look too good. Do you want to go out and take a break?”

movement sending a dull pain crawling across her palm. Without another word, her eyes downcast with

eyes made Natalie want

here?” Derek leaned back against the sofa, his long legs crossed

was so cruel! How could you say that to her? Our design drafts are

interested in any

with the band. “You avoided me on purpose, so I had no choice. If

furious. After taking several deep breaths to calm herself down, she opened the door of the VIP room and said,

had tried so hard and was now finally about to secure a design project from W Marks Studio. Nothing could go wrong now! “Please, let’s talk about this calmly. I’m sure we can come up with a compromise. You’ve been at the Iridescent Show last time. You know better than anyone that Derek is the perfect model

up her mind however, she was as immovable as a boulder. Leaning against the door, she refused, “Our designers can’t help him. You’ll have to find

angry Natalie was. With a frown, he asked, “Are you that mad about it? Why

simply turned around and

Derek. “What the hell did you just

gathered in

tell that she was serious about her job. He

his face with his palm, he admitted, “It was my fault. I shouldn’t have

been like this— not realizing the

looked around the studio to find Elizabeth, but there was no sign of her. She paused her search and thought for a while, and then headed straight

was Elizabeth, leaning against the railing that

You had always come here during lunch break.” Elizabeth was looking down, her hands clasped together. As Natalie walked over, she

wind is really strong

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