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.

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 slack?" Grant's words left Sophia speechless. She never thought he'd scold her, the injured one. Why was he so biased

was just as confused. She had admitted to stepping on Sophia, so Grant should have been mad at her. If he was, she

her." Sophia looked at Grant with teary

getting annoyed. He leaned closer to Chloe, carefully checking out the bruises on

Where's Liam? What's he been doing with you? Didn't I tell him to take good care of you?" Grant had a lot to

someone, she might as well go all out. With Sophia already distressed, Chloe decided to push her buttons even more. She muttered, "Liam took me to watch a

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

young lady like Chloe, raised in luxury, shouldn't be watching

you had time for me, I wouldn't have gone to the race. You said you were busy with a client-turns out it was her? Not spending time with me is one thing,

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

It was his fault.

his three brothers, as her older brother, he had a responsibility to take care of her. But now, that damn Liam had let Chloe

it's my fault," Grant apologized

eyes widened in astonishment at Grant's 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