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.

that, she couldn't help but smile. These

few words, Chloe was painted as a troublemaker and an

she realized that any explanation she gave would seem weak

twisting the truth, and it would be hard to convince the men

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

they say you bullied them. What do you have to say?" A man who looked to be in his late forties

interview with him in a business magazine. His name was Vernon Graves. He had started

his downfall, he illegally raised some funds and revived his business. Now, his business was just starting to pick up, but he still had a significant financial

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

"Who does he think he is, wanting

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

were using your family background to bully us. What could we do

plainly to people and hit dogs with

Chloe had said to them, pushing her to

and said directly,

looking at 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,

and then spoke slowly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't realize my personal affairs were of

elites, but compared to the Martin

discussing Grant's personal matters was

to Grant, except for Vernon, who had caught on to

girl might be Nicholas's only heiries of the Davis family. Vernon