Chapter 372 Persuasion Failed
Stefania added, “You said you don’t want to marry Roselle because she treated Greg badly. I’ve observed Hayley for a while, and she really treats Greg well. Not to mention she’s wise, and she comes from a good family too.”
No matter what they said, Nicholas still wouldn’t budge. He answered coolly, “You can’t really know someone just by observing them for such a short time. She could be another Roselle. You say she’s nice to Greg? What if she’s just putting on a show? Do you know how she really treats him when you’re not looking? And who’d actually accept a child who’s not theirs so easily?”
Tessa was the only one who would treat Gregory nicely, for she was his real mother. She would love Gregory unconditionally no matter what, but Nicholas didn’t say that out loud.
Stefania had nothing to say to that, and in the end, they sighed and left.
Kieran was waiting for them on the couch back at their house. When he saw them coming back looking crestfallen, he knew what happened. I expected this. Still, he asked, “Mom, how did the talk go?”
“I don’t know what he’s thinking. He just won’t go with it no matter what.” Stefania sat across from him, looking down and confused. “Hayley suits him perfectly, and she’s nice to Greg. I just don’t understand why he won’t marry her.”
Kieran rolled his eyes silently. Duh. Nicholas has someone he likes already. Of course he won’t fall for anyone else. He wouldn’t say that out loud, however. Kieran leaned back into the couch and couldn’t help but defend Nicholas. “Honestly, don’t try and match him up with any girl. Even if he is the heir, does he really need to marry a woman from the same social status? Will the family fall just because he marries someone in a lower hierarchy? Besides, he has done everything you told him to for the past twenty years. It’s the time to make his most important decision in life, so can’t you at least let him do it? If you’re arranging everything for him, then he’ll be no different from a puppet.”
Kieran said all that on purpose. He wanted to brainwash his parents so they could accept the fact that Nicholas and Tessa were already together easily when it was exposed. After all, they would have been prepared for it. However, he had overestimated his skills.
A pillow flew his way, and Tobias answered unhappily, “Do you even know what a puppet is, you brat?”
Kieran held the pillow, muttering, “Nicholas is the perfect example of what a puppet is. You’ll do anything to get him to do what you want him to do. You never care about what he thinks.”
“We’re doing it for his own good,” Stefania said.
Tobias snorted. “That’s how it is like to be born in this kind of family. You can choose because you don’t have to shoulder the family’s responsibility, but your brother can’t.”
“Family responsibility? That’s just outdated thinking. Family responsibility and marriage can coexist, okay?” Kieran defended Nicholas again, but that angered Tobias.
“Outdated thinking? I’ll show you outdated thinking!” Tobias told the butler to take the bat.
Kieran leaped out of the couch and hid behind it. “Hey, be reasonable, will you? You’re using violence just because you can’t talk reasonably?”
He saw the butler coming in with the bat, and Kieran escaped the house. Tobias used to use the bat to punish him when he was little, and it hurt a lot. Kieran went straight to Dynasty Gardens after he escaped.
Nicholas didn’t expect his brother to come at this hour, and he frowned. “Why are you here?”
