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.

help but smile.

just a few words, Chloe was painted as a troublemaker and an

realized that any explanation she gave

would be hard to convince the men otherwise with just

gaze complex and unreadable. He held a glass of fine champagne, looking like he was

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

His name was Vernon Graves. He had started in manufacturing, but after his business went bankrupt, his wife left him, and he ended up

some funds and revived his business. Now, his business was just starting to pick

he had gone to the Northwest to seek support from Nicholas,

"Who does he think he is, wanting to

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

and you said you were using your family background to

said your elders taught you to speak plainly to people and hit dogs with a stick. You called us dogs. Did you say

revealed the offensive things Chloe had said

said directly,

out because he was coerced by the marriage agreement between the Martin Family and the Davis Family. So, I want to ask you, Grantie, do you also think that I

at the women and then spoke slowly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I

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

discussing Grant's personal matters

who had caught on to what Chloe

he understood correctly, this ugly girl might be Nicholas's only heiries of the Davis family. Vernon knew very well how powerful the Davis family