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?”

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

look in Elizabeth’s eyes made Natalie

leaving me, your client, alone here?” Derek leaned back against the sofa, his long

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 any

avoided me on purpose, so I had no choice. If you

to calm herself down, she opened the door of the VIP

quickly 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

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

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

can see yourself out.” With that, Natalie simply turned around and walked out of the

at Derek. “What the hell did

forehead, kneading his temple as tension gathered

about her job. He wouldn’t have acted so childishly if he

he admitted, “It was my fault. I shouldn’t have

been like this— not realizing the consequences of his actions until the

find Elizabeth, but there was no sign of her.

Elizabeth, leaning against the railing that overlooked the business

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

is really strong today. I think something got in my