Rural Belle & Three Heirs

The message Mia delivered left Chloe feeling utterly devastated.

She quickly changed out of her sexy outfit and rushed to the living room.

As soon as she arrived, she saw Grant clutching his stomach in pain, sitting on the couch, surrounded by several household staff with varied expressions on their faces.

It was clear that Grant wasn't doing well tonight.

"Grantie, what's wrong?" Chloe couldn't help but ask when she saw him in such a state. One of the staff responded, "Mr. Martin has an upset stomach..."

"How did he get an upset stomach?" Chloe was completely baffled by the cause of Grant's condition.

The staff continued, "He had a medium-rare steak, ate half of it, drank three bowls of overly salty chicken soup, and ate half a plate of undercooked potatoes. An upset stomach was inevitable."

Hearing this, Chloe instantly understood the situation.

It seemed that Grant's condition tonight was mostly her fault.

"Grantie, how are you feeling now? You don't look so good..." Chloe asked worriedly as she approached Grant, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Another staff member chimed in, "Mr. Martin's condition isn't great. In the past hour, he's had to run to the bathroom twelve times. Anyone would feel awful."

"What? Twelve times?" Chloe was speechless.

Was her cooking really that bad? Bad enough to make Grant run to the bathroom twelve times in just over an hour?

Could it be that Grant had some underlying health issues?

Seeing Grant's condition worsening, Mia hurried down from upstairs with Grant's documents.

She said, "Miss Davis, stop asking questions. Mr. Martin is almost dehydrated. We need to get him to the hospital..."

Soon, Chloe and the household staff scrambled to get Grant to the hospital.

After the doctor's examination, it was confirmed that Grant had acute gastroenteritis from eating undercooked food and needed to be hospitalized for treatment.

There was no other choice; Chloe had to stay with Grant in the hospital. As the IV dripped into Grant's veins, the look of agony on his face gradually eased.

He lay on the hospital bed, eyes half-closed, resting.

Chloe's phone buzzed with messages from Rena and Zara in their group chat. Zara: [Calling Chloe, it's been a couple of hours. What's going on over there?] Rena: [I am curious too, Chloe. Did Mr. Martin respond to your seduction?] Chloe was speechless at her friends' messages.

Looking at Grant lying on the bed, she replied: [No need to be curious. We're in the hospital.]

Zara's imagination was running wild: [What? The hospital? Chloe, did you guys go too wild and throw out your back?]

Rena also commented: [Wow, you guys ended up in the hospital? Were you trying some high-difficulty moves?]

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Chloe felt like banging her head against the wall.

Her fingers flew over the phone screen: [You guys need to shut up. It was your idea, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Why did Grant end up with acute gastroenteritis from my dinner?]

Chloe vented her frustration to Zara and Rena in the group chat: [I hate you guys. Instead of a good night, I'm stuck in the hospital taking care of a patient...]

When Zara and Rena found out that Grant was hospitalized because of Chloe's half- cooked meal, they were speechless.

They had suggested that Chloe cook dinner for Grant and then wear something sexy to seduce him.

But they didn't tell her to serve him a half-cooked meal!

This wasn't about their idea being bad; it was Chloe's cooking skills that were the problem.Chloe needed to reflect, deeply.

She thought that Grant's gastroenteritis would only require a few days in the hospital to recover.

But Giselle used Grant's illness as an opportunity to attack Chloe.

The day after Grant was hospitalized, Giselle brought Isidora to visit him.

Seeing Grant lying pale on the hospital bed, Giselle's eyes showed disdain for Chloe.

Before coming, Giselle had heard from Isidora that this was the second time Grant had been hospitalized since Chloe started staying with the Martin family. The first time was also due to gastrointestinal issues.noveldrama

This meant that Chloe's poor care was causing Grant's repeated illnesses.

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The Martin family was a prestigious family. A wife for someone from the Martin family had to be capable of both managing the household and taking care of her husband.

Someone like Chloe, who had a good family background but couldn't take care of a man, was unacceptable.

Even though the marriage alliance between the Martin Family and the Davis Family was originally brokered by Louis, it wasn't entirely set in stone. After all, Giselle held a trump card-one that could potentially shift the dynamics and offer a way out of the arrangement.

"Miss Davis, I heard that Grant got sick from eating the half-cooked dinner you made, leading to his hospitalization?" Giselle wasted no time in questioning Chloe as soon as she arrived at the hospital.

She immediately blamed Chloe for everything.

Chloe admitted it directly. "Yes, Grant did eat the dinner I made last night. But the doctor said the dinner wasn't the main issue. The main issue is his pre-existing gastrointestinal condition."

"But if you hadn't given him a half-cooked dinner, would his condition have flared up? Ultimately, it's because you didn't take good care of Grant."

Giselle was aggressive. As Grant's aunt, she came to the hospital not to check on his condition first but to blame Chloe.

This showed that her concern for Grant wasn't entirely genuine.

Chloe had felt a bit guilty for making Grant eat the half-cooked meal, but seeing Giselle's accusatory attitude made her angry.

"Ms. Rodriguez, Grant is an adult, and he's older than me. I'm just staying with the Martin family temporarily, not as a servant. I have no responsibility or obligation to take care of his daily needs."

"Besides, he was hospitalized last night. As his aunt, shouldn't you have come to the hospital last night? Now you're here blaming me for not taking care of Grant. I could say the same about you."

Chloe didn't hold back and fired back at her.

Some people loved to use moral high ground to question others.

Hearing Chloe's words, Giselle was furious. She pointed at Chloe and said, "I'm your elder. How dare you speak to me like that?"