His Wife Calls The Shots
Chapter 1277: Settling this Score on the Field!_1

Chapter 1277: Chapter 1277: Settling this Score on the Field!_1

Chapter 1277

The next day, at the Yorks’.

Manie was still unconscious, her whole family was keeping guard by her sickbed. They were all on edge, wishing they could sentence Chloe Collins to life imprisonment for a severe beating in jail.

Then, a piece of news came——

"Master, Chloe Collins has been released. They said it was a fair duel, not intentional injury. Therefore, it cannot be treated as a criminal offense," came the news.

"Outrageous! What are those people fed for? All the money I’ve thrown at them has gone into nurturing these useless wastes! She’s beaten Manie up to this point and that’s not a crime?! Arrest her! Arrest her for me!" Master Foster was furious.

The entire family remained solemn, silent, not knowing what to say.

A while later, a solemn-looking Mr York spoke, stating objectively, "Indeed, lodging a police report isn’t the solution. In our country, such grappling competitions are allowed. Manie also signed an agreement before the match. Just because we are of the Duke’s Mansion, we can’t receive special treatment. If we really go to court, we don’t stand much chance of winning."

"But are you willing to stand by while our daughter is bullied? I can’t swallow this!" Mrs York’s eyes turned red.

"Look at her, can you point out a part of her that isn’t injured? The darling whom I could never bear to scold or hit is now bullied to such an extent. I can’t swallow this. I must make her pay!"

Master Foster roared, "That’s right! She must pay for this! The pain Manie has suffered, we demand it tenfold from her!"

Mr. York: "There’s only one way left for us then, fight fire with fire. We demand repayment in the Fighting Arena."

He turned to Master Foster: "Those who hurt the Duke’s family can’t receive special treatment, but those who hurt the Duke himself, that is a different story."

In the laws of Anstolas, injuring high-ranking officials above a certain level would inevitably lead to criminal charges, regardless of the situation.

Master Foster’s gaze turned colder: "No matter what, we cannot let her get away with this!"

A little later, more news arrived.

Master Foster laughed scornfully at the news that the Collinses were ignoring them, "Making him sweat a little will remind him not to cross me!"

His mood did slightly improve after learning that Master Foster had moved all of Chloe Collins’ belongings out of the Foster’s house and sent someone to fetch Alex away.

"Excellent, now this young lady is isolated and without backup. Let’s see who can help her now!"

-

Not long after, Chloe received an invitation from the Yorks - an invitation for a grappling match.

At that time, she had just come out of Liam Locke’s room. Outside were only Alex and Charles Carrington.

Charles had come the previous day, most likely invited over by Alex.

Not long after he arrived, she was released and the Yorks couldn’t find any other reasons to sue her.

Charles tossed the invitation onto the table, "These people will not give up. Chloe Collins, will you go?"

Chloe glanced at the invitation and replied indifferently, "If they won’t approach me openly, they’ll do it secretly. Might as well have an open contest."

"I disagree," Alex murmured softly, "Against such unreasonable behaviour, we shouldn’t entertain them."

Charles: "I agree with Alex. You didn’t start that match, it’s them who can’t accept the loss."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Alex answered an incoming call and hung up after a brief conversation.

"Edgar Foster is coming over, I’ll be out for a while," he got up, his eyes profound.

After he left, Chloe turned to Charles and asked him, "Has the Foster family made their stance clear?"

Charles avoided her gaze and feigned ignorance, "Huh? Well, I wouldn’t know."

Chloe stared intently at him, her gaze as penetrating as a sword.

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