The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband novel Chapter 583

Chapter 583

Her colleagues appeared out of nowhere, nosing up to see what had happened. They leaned against her desk and asked, “Elizabeth, was that Derek making declarations of love to you downstairs just then?”

“That’s weird. I thought Derek was into Natalie! How come he’s suddenly all over you?”

“Is he trying to get both of you at once?”

“Why don’t you give Derek a chance? He’s young and good looking. It’d be alright, even just for a little while!”

Everyone in the room was speculating about Elizabeth’s relationship with Derek when they saw the bouquet of flowers on her table. As Elizabeth didn’t like people gossiping about her, she threw the bouquet into the trash can beside her emotionlessly. She then looked at her colleagues and said coldly, “I have nothing to do with Derek. He was just joking when we were downstairs just now.”

“Of course. Derek isn’t even your type. There’s no way you’d be interested in someone like him.”

“That’s right. It’s impossible for Elizabeth and Derek to be together. Stop making fun of them,” said another. “But the man in black talking to Elizabeth downstairs was so tall and handsome. Elizabeth, could you give me his phone number? I think that he would have a better character than Derek,” said one of her extroverted colleagues.

After that comment, many other female colleagues started bugging Elizabeth with questions about Frank. “Does he have a girlfriend? What does he do?”

Elizabeth was speechless by their boldness. She was stunned for a moment and under the repeated questioning by her colleagues, she blurted out subconsciously, “Frank has a girlfriend.”

The office suddenly became quiet.

The extroverted colleague looked disappointed and continued asking, “Are you Frank’s girlfriend? I saw him pick you up after work recently.”

Elizabeth regretted her words immediately. Why did she say that Frank had a girlfriend? Why was she annoyed when there were so many girls interested in him?

“I’ll give you the details next time. I have something urgent to deal with now and I have to go. Bye,” Elizabeth said hurriedly and escaped from the office. She ran downstairs nervously with her bag and began cursing under her breath. Her mood worsened.

When she got out of the building, she saw that Frank was nowhere to be found.

“What are you looking for?”

All of a sudden, she heard a familiar voice call out to her. She spun around and found Frank standing in front of her, holding a bunch of purple lilacs in his hand.

It turned out, Frank had gone to buy some flowers! But why? Were they for her? Elizabeth felt her heart race.

Although the bouquet was tied up simply with a blue ribbon, the flowers looked wonderful as they were full of vitality. The purple and blue flowers were also clustered beautifully together. Elizabeth was not expecting lilacs from Frank as the lilac season was about to end soon. She didn’t expect him to find any, let alone buy her a bouquet.

“For you,” Frank said gently as he handed her the lilacs. He looked at Elizabeth for a moment and realized that she might be confused by his actions. He didn’t want her to shy away, so he averted his eyes and hurriedly came up with an excuse, “There was an old lady selling flowers nearby. The weather’s so cold now and I didn’t want to see her freeze. So I just bought the last one to help her knock off early.”

Elizabeth came to her senses upon realizing that the lilacs were just a kind gesture from Frank. She took the bouquet of flowers and thanked him. She then turned to look at the old woman’s staggering back and smiled. “Didn’t you say that it’s almost time for my appointment with my therapist?”

The atmosphere between the two gradually eased. Elizabeth had even begun to get used to Frank’s thoughtfulness. He was always calm and thoughtful, and she found it difficult to be angry at him. Even if they did quarrel, they could always make up quickly after the argument.