You Looked Down on Me Once Now You Look Up (Patricia and Oliver) novel Chapter 834

Patricia just wasn’t like everyone else.

“Ms. Martin, why are you so hostile toward me? Is it just because my last name is Stone?”

Patricia lifted her eyes slowly. Her long lashes quivered as she looked at him, her voice cool and even. “Isn’t that reason enough?”

“But Ms. Martin, I haven’t done anything.”

“Innocent? Where’s the innocence, Mr. Stone? If your name is Stone, I simply dislike you. If it wasn’t, you wouldn’t even have a seat at this table.”

She clearly wasn’t in the mood to chat. Selara still hadn’t come back, so Patricia waved over the server to settle her bill.

She only paid for her own drink.

When the server glanced at Jamie, Patricia let out a soft laugh. “We’re splitting the bill. I’m sure you get it, Mr. Stone.”

“Not really.”

She arched a brow. “Seems like you’ve let other people’s nonsense get stuck in your head, Mr. Stone. There’s this thing called the internet. Try using it sometime.”

Patricia grabbed her bag and headed for the door. As she reached the entrance, she spotted Selara coming in, laughing and chatting with someone who seemed familiar. When Selara saw Patricia, she looked puzzled. “Why are you out here?”

“I ran into someone I know. We just caught up for a bit.” Selara turned to the person next to her and smiled. “This is my sister-in-law. Oliver’s wife.”

The man beside her was older, about retirement age, with perfectly groomed silver hair and the sharp, put-together vibe of someone who probably ran a university department.

“A real beauty,” he said warmly. “Oliver’s a lucky man.”

Selara grinned. “Let me introduce you. This is Dr. Owen, from the Golden Bay University Physics Institute.”

“Dr. Owen.” Patricia nodded politely.

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