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?”

the paper in her hand, the movement sending a dull pain crawling across her palm. Without another word,

Elizabeth’s eyes

client, alone here?” Derek leaned back against the sofa, his long legs crossed gracefully. There was not an ounce of guilt to

have a brain at all? That was so cruel! How could you say that to her?

interested in

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 wouldn’t

deep breaths to calm herself down, she opened the

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

immovable as a boulder. Leaning against

a frown, he asked, “Are you that mad about

simply turned around and walked out

at Derek. “What

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

had prepared were perfect, and he could tell that she was serious about her job. He wouldn’t have acted so

“It was my fault. I shouldn’t have been mean

Derek had always been like this— not realizing the consequences of his actions until the damage had already been

sign of her.

railing that overlooked the

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

wiping her eyes. “The wind is really strong today. I