The Vengeful Son-in-law
Chapter 118

His appearance silenced everyone in the conference room.

No one expected Tom to appear at this time.

Including Phoebe, she was stunned and looked at Tom in shock.

"No need to replace me. I'm right here.” Tom came in and said in a deep voice. He glanced around andsaw the standing positions in the conference room, and he could guess what had happened justnow. When he saw the palm print on Phoebe's face, he became even angrier. "Who slappedPhoebe? Stand out!"

Tom rarely lost his temper in front of relatives in the Scotts. He had always been gentle, whichrevealed his forbearance and courtesy. But now, when he saw the fingerprints and panic onPhoebe's face, he knew that she had been bullied. How could he still calm down?

Ever since his grandfather passed away, he had no relations left in this world. He married into theScotts and led a poor and cautious life. But in his heart, he gradually felt a sense of belonging.Although Phoebe was usually mean to him, he could feel that she still had feelings for him. It couldbe said that Phoebe was the only relative he had and the only person he wanted to protect in thisworld!

He was furious to see that Phoebe was bullied.

His anger brought a different feeling to many of the Scotts members in the conference room. Theywere all nervous and panicked in an instant. The dominating air Tom showed made him a big shot!Was this still the useless son-in-law they knew?

However, Tom's aura did not last long. He quickly walked to Phoebe and asked with concern,"Phoebe, are you okay? I'm sorry I'm late.”

Phoebe was in a daze. Zack and the others felt how aggressive Tom was, and so was she. She couldbarely recognize Tom.

"Why are you here?” When Phoebe came back to her senses, she saw Tom's worried and caringlook. His dominating air and aggressiveness were gone. She shook her head and laughed at herselffor hallucinating. Tom was just an ordinary person from the countryside. How could he become abig shot?

Not to mention, she saw a trace of chairman ZQ in Tom just now!

It must be that she was too nervous and tense, emotionally unstable, and too eager for beingrescued by the chairman of ZQ, which led to hallucinations!

Yes, it must be like this.

Tom didn't know what Phoebe was thinking. He said gently, "Of course I need to be here, or elseyou'll be bullied by them.”

Phoebe's lips moved, and just as she was about to speak, someone scolded, "Tom! How dare you!How dare you barge into the board of directors? Who do you think you are?”

It was Zack who stood up and spoke. He was so angry that he was frightened by the loser Tom. Itwas a disgrace to him!

Not only him, but everyone else also felt the same way. They all became angry with shame andthought that they were too embarrassed to be scared by Tom, and all of a sudden, they all pointedtheir fingers at Tom.

"Zack is right. Tom, what are you? You're just a useless son-in-law and a dog of our family. Whogave you the guts to break into the board of directors? I know. Phoebe must have ordered youhere, right? Well, Phoebe, I knew you were a traitor. I didn't expect you to be so out of line! Youdon't care about our company at all!”

"You are outrageous!"

"I think this kind of bastards should be expelled from our family!"

They called out in all directions, and they defamed Phoebe and Tom indiscriminately.

Zack smiled coldly aside and was extremely pleased. He had always hated Phoebe and Tom, so hewas happy to see that they were g attacked.

Tom did not care about the criticisms. He had no feelings for the Scotts. If it weren't for Phoebe, hewouldn't even want to come here.

But to Phoebe, these people in the conference room were all her relatives. They were her elders andher siblings. They had always been nice to her during those holiday visits. But now, they became herenemies. She was a sentimental person, and she felt extremely sad about this.

Tom knew Phoebe was sad. He held Phoebe’s hand tightly and smiled at her warmly. He said in agentle voice, "Phoebe, don't be sad. They are all animals, and they don't deserve your sadness.Besides, I had promised to protect you, and I will."

Phoebe didn't believe him and said angrily, "Tom, didn't I warn you not to come here? Why did youcome here and set yourself against me? You came to see how humiliated I am, didn't you?"

Tom was not mad at Phoebe's agitation. He kept smiling and was still gentle to Phoebe. "Phoebe,could you trust me for one time?"

Tom was too gentle. Phoebe was touched and felt warm. She bit her lips. For a moment, she couldnot say anything to blame Tom. But deep down in her heart, she still didn't believe Tom...

Seeing that Phoebe was somewhat calm, Tom began to look at the people in the conference room.He suddenly became cold and gloomy and said, "Tell me, who slapped Phoebe?"

He regained his dominating air.

Although he was not as fierce and frightening as when he came in just now, the others still felt likebeing oppressed and uncomfortable. Their hearts beat hastened uncontrollably.

What was going on? Why were they afraid of Tom? Was something wrong?

Such questions and puzzles appeared in everyone's mind. None of them had ever seen Tom likethis. They were uncomfortable and felt that they were challenged. This was intolerable.

Zack was still the first to stand up and say, "What? Tom, how dare you threaten us? You really don'tknow who you are, do you?"

Because of his hatred for Tom, he was the first to break free from Tom's aura. He stood up, staredcoldly at Tom, and say with disdain.

With his breakthrough, the others gradually came back to their senses and looked at Tom grumpily.Tom stepped forward and hid Phoebe behind him. All the pressure was borne by him alone. Phoebefelt relaxed than ever.

She looked at Tom's back. For some reason, she felt a sense of security.

She felt that Tom became more and more like the chairman of ZQ...

She was in a trance several times.

Tom stared at Zack unfriendly and suddenly smiled, "Did you slap Phoebe?"

Zack hated Tom's attitude. He was just a son-in-law that lived with the Scotts. How dare he bearrogant in front of them? Zack laughed out loud with rage, "Yes, I did it. What? Do you want toretaliate..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was slapped in the face and felt dizzy. The slap was hard andloud, and he was knocked to the ground.

The conference room was in absolute silence!

They all looked at Tom in disbelief. How dared this good-for-nothing hit someone in front of them?