Chapter 503: The Ignored Birthday Banquet (3)

Chapter 503: Chapter 503: The Ignored Birthday Banquet (3)

"We’ve eaten enough. Let’s go," Fiona Chapman said. Seeing how she was being looked down upon, she grew even more resentful and couldn’t even be bothered to keep up the pretense. ’I’m always the one judging others. This is the first time anyone’s dared to be picky with me!’

Felicity Yates’s expression soured. She was Mrs. Faulkner, and the Faulkner family business was much larger than the Chapmans’. How dare some young girl speak to her with such an attitude? What terrible manners! ’Good thing my son didn’t take a liking to her!’ she thought. "In that case, I’ll take my leave. We can arrange to meet another time!"

In a flurry, the two of them left, leaving only Noelle Patterson and Fiona Chapman behind. Noelle was in a terrible mood as well. Her daughter was the apple of her eye; looking down on her daughter was the same as looking down on her, so she hadn’t given Felicity a pleasant look either. The mother and daughter were both seething. At that moment, they spotted Nadia Chapman sitting by the window enjoying her meal, which only made them more irritated.

"Nadia Chapman, you’ve left the Chapman family now. You’re no longer the great Miss Chapman. You’d better get a clear sense of your own status and stop fantasizing about things you can’t have." Noelle Patterson sat down across from Nadia, getting straight to the point with a voice full of scorn.

"The Patterson family is not someone you can cling to. Don’t think you’re so incredible just because you have two small companies. Let me tell you, you are utterly unworthy of the Patterson family’s status, and you’re not worthy of my cousin! Trying to social climb? I’d advise you to save yourself the trouble! You have nothing to do with the Chapman family anymore, so stop parading around with the Miss Chapman identity trying to fool people! Someone like you wants to marry into the Patterson family? In your dreams!"

Fiona Chapman was even more blunt, directly calling out what she believed were Nadia’s intentions. The sharp, mocking tone of her voice completely ruined her sophisticated, socialite image.

Nadia unhurriedly cut a piece of steak and continued to eat. After finishing, she even wiped her mouth, her demeanor making it clear she couldn’t care less about the mother-daughter duo. "Interrupting someone’s meal is not very polite. As the lady and young lady of the Chapman family, surely you understand such basic etiquette?"

"Nadia Chapman! Cut the act! Do you think you can hide your goal of latching onto a powerful family? What is it, are your companies not doing well? About to go bankrupt? So you decided to cash in on what little reputation, status, and capital you have left and marry into a powerful family as a safety net? You’re dreaming a little too big, aren’t you?"

Fiona Chapman stood to the side, looking down at Nadia with an insufferable arrogance, as if no one was nobler than her and everyone else could only bow before her.

"High society is all about being well-matched. You and Preston Patterson are not suitable for each other! You’d better give up any thought of marrying into the Patterson family! Even if you had never left the Chapman family and were still Miss Chapman, you would still be unworthy of Preston Patterson! For the sake of old times, I’ll keep your seduction of Preston a secret," Noelle Patterson said, glancing at Nadia as if granting her a great charity.

"If you know what’s good for you, you’ll focus on running your two little companies and stop thinking about this other nonsense! If the Patterson family finds out what you’ve been doing, all it would take is a flick of their fingers, and your two little companies would be bankrupt and shut down in the blink of an eye! You’d better recognize your place. Otherwise, you’ll reach for the sky only to end up with nothing, losing everything you’ve worked for in a foolish gamble!"

Noelle Patterson wore a look of superiority. She was venting all the frustration she had just endured from Mrs. Faulkner onto Nadia. At Nadia’s expense, she rediscovered her pride, her arrogance, and her vanity.

"Mrs. Chapman, you’re being paranoid. I have no interest in marrying into the Patterson family. Likewise, I have not the slightest interest in Preston Patterson. You don’t need to be so jumpy. I despise the name Patterson, so why on earth would I marry into their family? Even if I did want to start dating, I have plenty of candidates to choose from—unlike our dear Miss Chapman, who has been reduced to going on blind dates! And the worst part is, even on a blind date, nobody wants her."