The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband

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

the crestfallen look in Elizabeth’s eyes made Natalie want to chase after

long legs crossed gracefully. There was not

turned to him. “Are you out of your mind? Or do you just not have a brain at all? That was so cruel! How could you say that to her? Our design drafts are done through a specialized software. It’s not necessary for the

interested in

avoided me on purpose, so I had no choice. If you hadn’t questioned my decision, I wouldn’t

to calm herself down, she opened the door of the VIP room and said, “Please leave, Mr.

stepped in to try and smooth out the situation. He 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 for W Marks’ designs. The interview is

made 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

that it dawned on Derek how angry Natalie was. With a frown, he asked, “Are you that mad about

can see yourself out.” With that, Natalie simply

cold glare at Derek.

towards his forehead, kneading his temple as tension gathered in that spot. He looked at

about her job. He wouldn’t

“It was my fault. I shouldn’t

not realizing the

Elizabeth, but there was no sign of her. She paused her search and thought for a while,

against the railing that overlooked

hands clasped together. As Natalie walked over, she saw

is really strong