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?”

in her hand, the movement sending a dull pain crawling

look in Elizabeth’s eyes

against the sofa, his long legs crossed gracefully. There

say that to her? Our design drafts are done through a specialized

wasn’t interested in any

ring on his fi**ger, playing nonchalantly with the band. “You avoided me on purpose, so I had no choice. If you hadn’t questioned my decision, I

herself down, she opened the door of the VIP room and said, “Please leave, Mr. Ramsey. I’m afraid we can’t accept this

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.

Natalie had made up her mind however, she was as immovable as a boulder. Leaning against the door, she refused, “Our designers

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

see yourself out.” With that, Natalie simply

glare at Derek. “What the hell did

hand towards his forehead, kneading his temple as tension gathered in that spot. He looked at the file that Elizabeth had

serious about her job. He wouldn’t have acted so childishly if he hadn’t been angry

his face with his palm, he admitted, “It was my fault.

had always been like this— not realizing the consequences

there was no sign of her.

against the railing

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

eyes. “The wind is really strong today.