The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband

Chapter 535

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 across her palm.

Elizabeth’s eyes made Natalie want to chase

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

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

in

me on purpose, so I had no choice. If

the door of the VIP room

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

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

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

that, Natalie simply turned around and walked out of the

at Derek. “What the hell did you just

hand towards his forehead, kneading his temple as tension gathered in

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

admitted, “It was my fault. I shouldn’t have been mean to that

not realizing the consequences of his actions until the

no sign of her. She paused her search and thought for a while,

was Elizabeth, leaning against the railing that overlooked

lunch break.” Elizabeth was looking down, her hands clasped

is really strong today. I think something

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