Rural Belle & Three Heirs by Harper Hall

Chapter 169 You Have To Go Through Proper Channels.

"What's going on here? Why's everyone arguing?" A man in his forties asked, his voice stern as he looked at the women.

One of the women quickly moved closer to him, almost like a delicate bird seeking protection.

"Honey, we weren't arguing. This girl just started calling us dogs out of nowhere," she said, her voice sweet but accusatory.

Hearing the woman's words, the man turned to look at Chloe. When he saw the mole on her face, a clear expression of disdain appeared.

He remembered, this girl was brought by Grant. He'd spent the whole evening talking to Grant, who hadn't mentioned her much. In fact, Grant had kept his distance from her.

It seemed this girl was the infamous ugly duckling from the Davis family, rumored to be forcing her way to marry into the Martin family.

"Yeah, we were just having a nice conversation, and she started attacking us. We were just trying to give her some friendly advice, and she went off on us," another woman added.

"Exactly! She even dared us to confront her if we had any guts."

"She looks down on us, and by extension, she looks down on you men too. We came here with you, and she's disrespecting us, which means she's disrespecting you."

"She's got to far. Don't step on someone's toes without considering who they are connected to, right? This girl has no boundaries."

The women continued to accuse Chloe, conveniently leaving out the nasty things they had said to her earlier.

smile. These women were essentially

painted as a troublemaker

explain, but she realized that

women were twisting the truth, and it would be hard to convince

expression remained cold, his gaze complex and unreadable. He held a glass of

say you bullied them. What do you have to say?" A man who looked to be

seeing an interview with him in a business magazine. His name was Vernon Graves. He had started in manufacturing, but after his business went bankrupt, his wife left

and revived his business. Now, his business was just starting to

to the Northwest to seek support from Nicholas, but Nicholas hadn't even

he left, Nicholas's people had said, "Who does he

"They say I bullied them, but I didn't." One of the women got anxious

you were using your family background to

people and

the offensive things Chloe had said to them, pushing her

didn't avoid it and said directly,

the paintings. It was you who said that I do not deserve to stand in front of Grant because I am ugly. You claimed that Grant only brought me out because he was coerced by the marriage agreement between the Martin Family and the Davis Family. So, I want to ask you,

glanced around at the women and then spoke slowly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't realize my personal affairs were of such interest to

business elites, but compared to the Martin family, they were

Grant's

apologized to Grant, except for Vernon, who had caught

agreement between the Martin and Davis families. If he understood correctly, this ugly girl might be Nicholas's only heiries of