The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband novel 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?”

Elizabeth crumpled the paper in her hand, the movement sending a dull pain crawling across her palm. Without another word, her eyes downcast with gloomy shadows.

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

“Are you seriously leaving me, your client, alone here?” Derek leaned back against the sofa, his long legs crossed gracefully. There was not an ounce of guilt to be seen on his face.

Natalie gritted her teeth and 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 designer to complete everything by hand. She could do just as well with her injury.”

Derek wasn’t interested in any of it.

He turned his attention to the 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 have had to find fault with Miss Perry.”

“Now you’re blaming me?” Natalie was furious. After taking several deep breaths to calm herself down, she opened the door of the VIP room and said, “Please leave, Mr. Ramsey. I’m afraid we can’t accept this project.”

Wilder 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 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 also very important to Derek.”

Once Natalie had 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 to find someone else.”

It was then that it dawned on Derek how angry Natalie was. With a frown, he asked, “Are you that mad about it? Why do you have to take this so seriously?”

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

Wilder shot a cold glare at Derek. “What the hell did you just do?”