"Is he pursuing you?" asked Nathaniel as soon as Purple Summers entered the room.
Purple was momentarily taken aback, intending to say that she and Gavin Graves were just friends, but then thought, why should she explain herself to Nathaniel?
Nathaniel didn't ask the question to get an answer; his aim was simply to humiliate her.
Ignoring him, Purple walked straight ahead, and sure enough, Nathaniel followed with a sneer, "If you want to move to the Graves Family, you can just say so. No one will stop you, considering how adept you are at being fickle."
Purple stopped in her tracks, turned back, and glanced at him expressionlessly, "No matter how fickle I am, I would never choose you!"
Nathaniel's face turned ashen, and he huffed angrily before storming off.
He always had a short temper in front of Purple, and today he was particularly irritable. Purple stood there for a moment, then asked the servant who had just spoken with Nathaniel, "Is something happening at home today?"
