The Vengeful Son-in-law
Chapter 435

All their pride and fortitude collapsed at this moment. They knelt down in front of Hawthorne andbegged him.

This reaction not only made Elliot and others look down on them, but also made other people in thePaynes despise them

Such traitors who didn't have the backbone would be looked down upon everywhere.

Hawthorne kicked them away and said coldly, "It's useless for you to beg me for mercy. Wannamercy? Beg Mr. Howard!"

Although they were despicable traitors, they were not stupid. They immediately understood whatHawthorne meant. They quickly knelt down to Tom and begged for mercy, "Mr. Howard, it was ourfault just now. We failed to recognize a big shot as you and offended you. Please don't botheryourself arguing with the likes of us. Mr. Howard, please let us off this time!"

"Mr. Howard, you are a great man with a broad mind, so please spare us this time!"

They were no longer as proud and arrogant as they were just now, and they had no choice but tokeep begging Tom. They were really afraid now. If they were expelled from the Paynes, they were nolonger rich kids, which was equivalent to falling from heaven to earth. They had been used to a richlife and could not accept it at all.

Tom was not moved at all in the face of their pleading for mercy. Tom always hated traitors whoworshiped and had blind faith in foreign things.

However, they were Hawthorne's grandsons and people from H Country, so it was not his turn tomeddle in this matter. He waved and said, "Go away.”

They didn't know Tom's attitude, so they begged for mercy a few more times, looking pitifully atHawthorne.

Hawthorne sighed deeply. They were all young men in their late twenties. Why was Tom sooutstanding and his two grandchildren so useless?

After only studying abroad for a few years, they had already forgotten where they were from, butworshiped and had blind faith in foreign things! Hawthornee was genuinely embarrassed. Theyreally humiliated him.

However, he could tell that Tom did not intend to argue with them. He glared at them and scolded,"Say thank you to Mr. Howard quickly, then get out!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Mr. Howard!"

"Thank you, Mr. Howard. I wish you good health and prosperity!"

They thanked Tom quickly and left, laying themselves open to ridicule.

After what had happened, the Paynes was even more embarrassed. Even Hawthorne, who had beenthrough a lot of trouble, could not help feeling awkward.

In the end, Myles broke the silence first and said, "Mr. Howard, it's our the Paynes’ fault for whathappened last time. We shouldn't have alienated you because of May's threats! Mr. Howard, you area bigger person. Can you please forgive us this time? We'll give you 10 billion dollars to buy a 10-point stake in Shield Security Company as compensation, okay?"

Myles was putting himself on a lower position. He offered to use ten billion dollars to buy a 10-point stake in Shield Security Company, which was equivalent to giving the ten billion dollars to Tomfor free!

After all, the Shield Security Company had just been established and was worth no more than 500million dollars at most!

In an instant, the hearts of Elliot and others beat a lot faster, and they admired Tom even more.However, Tom remained calm. Ten billion dollars was just a number to him. He didn't care at all.

He waved his hand and said, "Mr. Payne, Myles, since we used to be friends, you can go back. Iwon't make an alliance with you. Also, I won't make an enemy of you as long as you don't offendme in the future.”

Hawthorne gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Howard, Myles was wrong just now. Instead of using 10billion dollars to buy a 10-point stake in Shield Security Company, we want to use 20 billion dollarsto buy a 8-point stake in Shield Security Company! Also, we won't send anyone to interfere in thecompany's operations. We just need Mr. Howard to come to our the Paynes for a meal everymonth."

In an instant, everyone here was stunned when they heard this. Elliot and others widened their eyesand their breathing quickened!

Twenty billion to buy only 8-point stake in Shield Security Company! Oh my god. This was likegiving Tom the money directly.

Even for someone as experienced as Elliot, his heart was beating faster and his breathing becamerapid, even his face turned red.

As for the rest of the Paynes, their expressions changed slightly. However, when they thought aboutit carefully, it would be worth it if they could form an alliance with Tom with 20 billion dollars.

All of a sudden, everyone looked at Tom, waiting for his reaction.

Many of the Paynes, including Hawthorne, were very confident that Tom would not refuse such agood thing if he had his senses.

However, Tom sneered and shook his head, "Mr. Payne, you'd better go. Elliot, show the guests tothe door. I'm tired."

After that, he stood up and walked to the bedroom.

Hawthorne was stunned. He thought Tom would agree if he gave him the money. After all, therewas no one in this world who didn't like money. Nonetheless, Tom's reaction was greatly beyond hisexpectations!

Elliot was also stunned. When he reacted, he hurriedly said to Tom, "Mr. Howard, don't you thinkabout it? This is 200..."

Soon, he couldn't continue his words. Tom glared at him, and his whole body trembled. He saidquickly, "I see. I'll show the guests to the door now."

Other members of the Paynes were stunned, including Isabella. She was completely shocked. NowTom's figure was constantly magnified in her eyes...

It was twenty billion dollars. Even if she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she couldn't beindifferent to twenty billion dollars. This was twenty billion dollars. Many of the big domesticcompanies were worth less than 20 billion dollars!

As far as she knew, the total value of Tom's three companies were only about 10 billion dollars, butTom was not interested in the twenty billion dollars he could easily get.

She asked confusedly, "Tom, why! Aren't you interested in the twenty billion dollars?!"

Others had the same questions, and they all looked at Tom.

Tom also stopped. He turned around, smiled thoughtfully and said, "A few days ago, I went to WCity. In order to curry favor with me, Rufus directly acknowledged allegiance to me and gave me allhis assets, worth more than 60 billion dollars. Do you think it's necessary for me to be interested inthe 20 billion dollars you offer?"

Hearing his words, everyone was stunned.

Especially Hawthorne and Myles, who both knew Rufus. They knew what Tom's words meant!

Elliot was so excited that his body trembled. His admiration for Tom was beyond measure.