Rural Belle & Three Heirs by Harper Hall

Chapter 25 How About You Accompany Miss Brown?

With a wave from Sophia, Grant turned to see Chloe in a wheelchair. Her pant leg was rolled up, showing some nasty bruises that made him worry. "Chloe, what happened to you?" Grant rushed over to her. Sophia had been trying to get Grant's attention because she was in pain, but to her surprise, after calling out for a while, Grant went straight to Chloe.

"She stepped on me, almost broke my bones," Sophia complained again.

Sophia's constant whining finally got Grant to look her way. He turned to her, clearly annoyed, and asked, "What's going on?"

"I was in line and bumped into Chloe, so I thought I'd say hi. But maybe she's still mad about last night, so she stepped on me hard. Look, she's so unfriendly, really too petty," Sophia said, covering her face and crying. She blamed everything on Chloe, thinking her contributions to the Martin Group would make Grant side with her. After all, with Chloe being so plain and her own striking beauty, any reasonable guy would choose her. After Sophia finished, Grant turned to Chloe and asked, "Chloe, what's going on?"

Chloe, wanting Grant to dislike her and kick her out of the Martin Family, just shrugged.

"Just like you saw, I stepped on her. And I used this foot to do it." Chloe shook her uninjured leg, trying to show Grant her strength.

But Grant misunderstood, thinking Chloe was symbolically showing him the gap between herself and Sophia. Given Chloe's limited mobility in the wheelchair, unless Sophia got close, Chloe couldn't have stepped on her foot.

are you bothering her? I told you to get in line for an X-ray, but you still found time to chat. You two don't get along, so why push it? She's in a wheelchair-can't you cut her some

as confused. She had admitted to stepping on Sophia, so Grant should have been mad at her. If he was, she could cry, call her grandfather, and get back to the Northwest

was clearly her." Sophia looked at Grant with

He leaned closer to Chloe, carefully checking out the bruises on her

he been doing with you? Didn't I tell him to take good care of you?" Grant had

expression, Chloe's curiosity was piqued. If she was going to annoy someone, she might as well go all out. With Sophia already distressed, Chloe decided to push her buttons even more. She muttered, "Liam took

took you to a place like that? He needs a good talking to." Grant

like Chloe, raised in luxury, shouldn't be

were busy with a client-turns

was low, sounding like she was jealous. It was the first time Grant had heard Chloe speak in such a tone, and his cold heart

It was his fault.

she could marry one of his three brothers, as her older brother, he had a responsibility to take care of her. But now, that damn Liam had

my fault,"

apology. For five years, she had loved him and worked at the Martin Group even longer. Grant, ever noble and princely, never apologized. Yet today, he apologized to Chloe? What extraordinary charm did this