Frank had moved his hours to the morning shift so that he could help Elizabeth get to her therapist visits. Once he had finished his operation today, he realized it was time to pick up Elizabeth for her appointment.
Recently, he'd been arranging all his important operations into one block, so as to give him as much spare time as he could get for Elizabeth. As a result he was starving hungry and absolutely exhausted.
He was already in a bad mood before he got to the W Marks Studio, where he saw a handsome man publicly expressing his love for Elizabeth.
It even looked like the two of them were hitting it off, flirting with each other.
Seeing this man and Elizabeth together made Frank's mood even worse. Especially since Elizabeth took the flowers and even smiled at Derek, in complete contrast to her usual cold appearance.
Frank walked up and squeezed in between them.
Seeing Frank was such a relief to Elizabeth. But before she could answer Frank's question, Derek interrupted her.
"There's no trouble at all. Elizabeth loves the flowers I got her, so we're going on a date soon," Derek said proudly.
Holding his features in check, Frank looked down as casually as he could at the flowers. His eyes snapped back up to Derek and immediately became a frosty glare.
The feeling was mutual, Derek didn't like Frank much either. He wondered who Frank was. Could he be Elizabeth's boyfriend? How come they both had the same cold expression?
As the two men stood at a silent stalemate, Elizabeth took the initiative and broke the silence. "Okay, I can explain this."
Right then and there was a blare of car horns right next to them. It was Derek's manager. He rolled down the window and shouted, "I should have known you were here. Get in. You've got an advertisement to shoot this evening!"
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