Chapter 359

“What’s going on here?” Patrick Evans walked in just then. Eleanor Rivera quickly filled him in on the situation. “I think, since things with Serena have gotten to this point, why not just let him marry her?” Patrick Evans was about to respond when Nicholas Evans cut him off immediately. “I’m not marrying her. She clearly doesn’t want to, either—she rejected me outright, even seemed to hate me. That’s not someone truly wanting to get married.” Patrick glanced at his son, not angry, his tone calm as he said, “Nicholas, come to the study with me.” Reluctantly, Nicholas followed his father into the study. “What do you want to talk about?” he asked coldly. “Is that the tone you use when speaking to your father?” “What tone am I supposed to use? Overwhelmed with gratitude or something?” Patrick’s face darkened with frustration, his voice rising as he jabbed a finger in Nicholas’s direction. “Look at you. Look at the way you’re dressed—like someone from the lower rungs of society! Do you eve