Rural Belle & Three Heirs by Harper Hall

Chapter 97 Grant Feels Inferior

He thought Philip was so annoyed.

When Philip saw Chloe getting out of Grant's car, he rushed over to greet her. "Morning, Chloe."

Chloe smiled politely, "Morning, you're here early."

Philip grinned, "Yeah, Rena mentioned sdesign competition and wanted us to get here early to discuss it."

The three of them were classmates in the sdesign class, so they naturally had many common topics to

discuss. Philip, in particular, was very talkative and has a good relationship with both Rena and Chloe.

Chloe nodded, "Alright, let's head to campus and find Rena."

As they walked off, Grant, still sitting in his car, was fuming.

Chloe, that ungrateful girl. He'd gone out of his way to drive her to school, and she didn't even say goodbye

before running off with shandsguy?

For the first time, Grant, the big-shot president of the Martin Group, felt a pang of insecurity in front of a good-

looking college kid. He worried Chloe might fall for someone like that.

Only after he saw Chloe and Philip disappear into the school did Grant finally drive away.

Chloe, happily chatting with Philip, didn't notice Grant's anger as he left.

Philip casually asked, "Who gave you a ride today? That didn't look like Liam's car."

"It was Grant, he drove me," Chloe replied honestly.

Hearing Grant's name, Philip got excited. He eagerly turned to look back. "Grant drove you? Why didn't you say

so earlier? | could've said hi."

Chloe quickly said, "Better not, he's older and probably doesn't like talking to young people much."

Philip was speechless. He retorted, "Chloe, don't say that. Despite his age, he is still very easy to get along with.

Remember the last twe played basketball together? We had a lot of fun, didn't we?"

Chloe smirked. A blast? How did she remember Grant hitting Philip on the head with the ball?

While they were talking, they arrived at the classroom. As soon as Rena saw them, she cover with some

printed materials. "Philip, Chloe, check this out... a design competition with a first prize of $300,000. It's

tempting, should we give it a shot?" Chloe glanced at the materials Rena brought and noticed the competition

was co- hosted by the Martin Group and Quest University.

She knew under the Martin group, there was a high-end clothing company that caters to the luxury market. The

clothes produced by this company were sold in high-end markets. To ensure continuous innovation in the

clothing company, the Martin group often organized competitions to inject new designs into the company.

Certainly, by doing so, the Martin group also provided employment opportunities for college students.

Philip looked at the materials and couldn't help but praise, "Awesome, this competition cat the perfect time.

Let's put in seffort and see if we can snag that big prize."

Hearing Philip's words, Rena wasn't very confident. "I think you're overthinking it. The grand prize is $300,000,

which we probably won't get. But winning an excellence award would still be nice. Should we give it a try?"

"Sure, let's give it a shot," Philip quickly responded to Rena's suggestion.

"Chloe, what about you? Are you in?" Rena asked.

Chloe thought for a moment and replied, "Alright, let's do it."

The three of them spent the morning at school discussing their plans for the design competition. When school

ended in the evening, Chloe planned to sneak hby herself, but to her surprise, Grant's assistant Stanley was

waiting at the school gate with

a car.

Stanley stopped her. "Miss Davis, Mr. Martin has a meeting and askedto pick you up."

Chloe waved her hand, "Stanley, it's really not necessary. | can just grab a cab home."

Stanley, who had been with Grant for a long time, was firm. "Miss Davis, Mr. Martin said to wait for him in the

office, and he will go hwith you. Please don't make it difficult for me."

Not wanting to make things hard for Stanley, Chloe sighed and got into the car.

Stanley drove Chloe to Grant's office and said, "Miss Davis, please wait here for Mr. Martin. His meeting will end

in half an hour."

"Alright," Chloe said, feeling a bit bored.

While waiting for Grant, Chloe took out spaper and a pen from her backpack and started sketching designs

for the upcoming Martin Group clothing competition. She had researched the Martin Group's clothing style, which

mainly focused on long dresses. Chloe wanted to take a different approach and design a short skirt.

After sketching for a while, Chloe felt

the short skirt page impressive,

S she sumpled th paper and

des it into Grant's office trash can.

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"Why'd you throw it away?" he asked casually.

Chloe shrugged nonchalantly. "I didn't think it was good enough," she replied simply.

Grant didn't press the issue. While packing up, he said to Chloe, "We're not going hfor dinner tonight."

"Where are we going?" Chloe asked, puzzled.

Last night's incident had already

made her feel awkward. She didn't

want any more spesialiterattiohs

with Grant $he couldn't control

herself and ended up with him, her

engagement to the Martin Family

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"You'll accompanyto a social event," Grant said casually.

Chloe quickly refused, "Grant, | can't. | still have homework to finish."

Chloe's excuse was flimsy. Grant put on his coat and, without a word, took Chloe's hand and led her out.

As their figures appeared in the lobby of the Martin group, Sophia's poisonous gaze remained fixated on Chloe.

'Chloe, this ugly duckling. You don't deserve to stand beside a remarkable man like Grant." she cursed inwardly.

Grant belonged to her, Sophia.