Rural Belle & Three Heirs by Harper Hall

Chapter 213 Do You Want to Use Unspoken Rules?

Grant sat in his office, staring at the picture Chloe had sent him-a playful kissy face. A sweet warmth spread through his chest.

He grinned at Chloe's profile picture.

Just then, Stanley knocked and entered to give a work update.

After discussing business, Stanley brought up Chloe's new company. "Hey, Mr. Martin, looks like Miss Davis's company is up and running. I heard they were getting a meeting with Mr. Larson tonight to talk about a potential collaboration."

Grant's brow furrowed at the mention of Travis. He closed his phone and set it on his desk.

"Travis Larson?"

"Yeah, that's the guy."

"Isn't his reputation kinda sketchy?" Grant asked, his expression serious.

Stanley nodded. "Yeah, it is. Mr. Michael Martin had a run-in with him a few years back."

Grant remembered the incident.

A few years ago, when Michael had just started college, he already had a keen interest

in acting. At that time, a production crew was looking to cast supporting actors, and Michael boldly took his resume and went straight to them.

then introduced him to Travis, the head director at the time. When Travis saw the young and inexperienced Michael, he harbored inappropriate

physical advances towards Michael. Though Michael was quite naive, he instantly realized Travis's intentions-Travis was clearly homosexual and had malicious designs on him. At first, Michael tried to defuse the situation with polite words, hoping to seize a moment to escape from Travis's clutches. However, he underestimated Travis's determination and shamelessness. Instead of backing off, Travis increased his threatening

young and hot-headed, wasn't about to be humiliated. He grabbed a chair and beat Travis, breaking one of his

assault, and even tried to blacklist him in the

a student, couldn't handle the

a severe beating. In the aftermath, the matter was settled when Travis compensated Michael with two hundred

career, the Martin family kept the incident under wraps, silencing the

low, Travis made a comeback, producing several successful shows and launching new talents.

working with Travis. Chloe was so innocent-what if Travis tried to take advantage of

remain calm. He said to Stanley, "I have nothing planned for tonight. Chloe will send me the location of their dinner

Mr. Martin. I'll handle

for the complete story. Share the joy of

Chloe and her team arrived at

waited nearly an hour before Travis finally showed up, entering the private room with a

Jenkins, Philip... right? Floyd... nice

shook hands with everyone. His friendly attitude made it hard for Chloe and

time to sit, Zara and Chloe were supposed to sit on either

He's not only handsome but also has a natural

but when he stood next to me this morning, it made it very easy for me to feel a sense of familiarity with him. Once a director feels a sense

let him sit next to me so I can get to know

agreed, and Floyd took the seat next to

courteous, discussing business over dinner and drinks. But after a few