The Vengeful Son-in-law
Chapter 9

Tom was smiling, but his smile was uglier than his crying face.

The whole room was eerily quiet, and everyone was stunned. What was going on?

Many people could sense that Tom was heartbroken and they felt sorry for him. However, Phoebewas still as cold as usual. She even thought he was still acting, so she hated Tom even more. "Don'tworry, I won't be sad for you for the rest of my life!"

Tom lowered his head. He actually burst into tears.

Phoebe sneered without any sympathy. She coldly said that she would be waiting for him at the civilaffairs bureau and then left in high heels.

"Mr. Howard, would you still like to buy it?"

After a while, the saleswoman asked him carefully. She didn't dare to speak loudly, as if a loudersound would make Tom break down. Now Tom seemed extremely fragile, as if he was made of glassand would break with a single touch.

Tom said in a daze, "Give me a refund."

"Oh, okay..."

Holding the credit card that Phoebe had given him, Tom felt extremely grim. He didn't know how hewalked to the civil affairs bureau. He felt like his soul had been pulled away.

At the civil affairs bureau, Phoebe took out the divorce agreement and put it in front of Tom withoutsaying anything when she saw him coming over. Then she said coldly, "Sign it."

Tom felt that the pen in his hand weighed a tonne. He wanted to beg Phoebe not to divorce him. Ifshe agreed, he would do anything for her.

After four years of living together, Tom fell hopelessly in love with Phoebe.

Phoebe's name was already written in the divorce agreement. She did it without any hesitation. Shedidn't have any feelings for him anymore.

Tom felt that he was a joke. He inherited a legacy worth 50 billion dollars and he thought that hecould let Phoebe be the happiest woman in the world. However, he found out that it was merely hiswishful thinking. Phoebe didn't give him a chance.

He took a deep breath. Just as he gritted his teeth and was about to sign, Phoebe's phone suddenlyrang. "Hey, what?! Did something happen to my brother? Okay, I'll be right there!"

Phoebe wore an extremely anxious expression. She couldn't care less about divorcing Tom andhurried out.

Tom was stunned. Did something happen to Phoebe's brother?

He reacted quickly and immediately chased after Phoebe. "Phoebe, what happened to your brother?Is he okay?"

Phoebe said nervously, "I'm not sure about the details. Mom said on the phone that Logan hadprovoked a big shot. Now he's been detained, and I'll go over and take a look at him right away!"Logan was Phoebe's younger brother. He was still in college. He rarely went home and often hungout. Tom knew that her brother had a bad personality and he would cause trouble sooner or later.After thinking about it, Phoebe made a phone call. "Hello, Brian, are you free now?"

When Tom heard the name Brian, his expression was very unnatural.

Soon, Brian's voice came from the phone. "Phoebe, I'm talking to a client about our business, but ifyou need me, I will conceal it immediately.”

Phoebe couldn't help but be moved. Brian had pursued her for many years. In order to remainfaithful to Tom, she kept a distance from Brian. Now it seemed that Brian was much better thanTom!

She quickly told Brian everything. "Brian, if you're busy, you don't have to come.”

Brian pretended to be unhappy and said, "Hey! Phoebe, what are you talking about? Your businessis my business, and your brother is my brother. I can't just stand by when he's in trouble. I'll comeover right away!"

Phoebe was moved and said, "Brian, thank you."

When the call was finished, Tom's expression was very ugly. He couldn't help but say, "Phoebe, ifsomething happened to our brother, you don't have to call outsiders. I can handle it."

Phoebe's mood had just lightened, but when she heard Tom's words, she was immediately in a badmood again. Whenever she saw Tom, she was annoyed. She was in such a hurry and didn't noticethat she had brought Tom with her.

"Tom, in my opinion, you don't have any useful skills. But you're really good at bragging! Even myfather couldn't deal with that big shot. What can you do?" Phoebe sneered.

Just as Tom was about to speak, Phoebe said impatiently, “Shut up. I don't want to hear your voice!When we get there, don't follow me. I don't want Brian to misunderstand anything.”

Tom lowered his head and clenched his fists. He was so depressed that he pinched his fingers intohis palms.

Phoebe drove very fast and arrived at the destination in less than twenty minutes.

"Oh, Phoebe, why are you so late? We're all worried sick."

At the door, James, Tom's father-in-law, and Elizabeth, his mother-in-law, rushed up to them.Phoebe said, "What's going on with my brother? Where is he?"

James gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard is so ignorant. He has offended the Howard Familyand is now being held up! They want us to pay ten million dollars to get Logan back!"

"What?! Ten million?" Phoebe exclaimed.

James said with a bitter face, "That's right. Our Scott Family is in deep water now. We don't have tenmillion dollars."

"They are obviously blackmailing us. Can't we just call the police?" Phoebe said angrily.

"Phoebe, don't be silly!" James said in a panic. He quickly covered Phoebe’s mouth and lookedaround, afraid that someone would hear her. After he made sure it was safe, he let go of Phoebeand said in fear, "The Howard Family is the most powerful one in H City. They have enormouspower. They can easily destroy our Scott Family a hundred times! If we dare to call the police, wewon't see Logan again. Besides, with the power of the Howard Family, it's useless for us to call thepolice.”

Phoebe's eyes widened. "Is the Howard Family so powerful?"

There was absolute fear in James's eyes. "Their power is unfathomable.”

Suddenly, Phoebe remembered that Tom's surname was also Howard, perhaps he was part of theHoward Family... As soon as she thought of this idea, she told herself that it was impossible! Shelaughed at herself. What was she thinking? How could that trash, Tom, have anything to do with thepowerful Howard Family?

Elizabeth said anxiously, "What should we do then? If we can't call the police and we are not able toraise ten million dollars, will we just watch Tian get crippled? We can't let that happen. Never!"Phoebe's eyes were also red. She was about to speak when the roar of the car engine came fromafar. Then, a yellow Lamborghini stopped beside Phoebe with a beautiful oversteer.

"Phoebe, I'm sorry. I'm late.”

A handsome man came out of the car. It was Brian. He seemed so handsome and domineering thatmany women around him were attracted. Phoebe's heart beat faster when she saw him. At thismoment, Brian was quite attractive.

When Elizabeth saw Brian, she immediately smiled. "Oh, Brian, it's you! Since you're here, we cansave Tian!"

The more Elizabeth looked at Brian, the more pleased she was with him. He was much better thanthat trash Tom. She should have let Phoebe marry Brian back then!

"Yes, auntie. Phoebe made a phone call, and I immediately canceled my business plans and rushedover as fast as I could.” As he spoke, he looked back smugly at the Lamborghini. In fact, in order toshow off, he had rented this car from a rental company. Actually, his car was a BMW.

When Phoebe heard his words, her face turned a little red.

"By the way, uncle and aunt, what happened to her brother?" Brian asked confidently. He was stillvery influential in this area. Besides, he thought Logan was only a college student and he could atmost offend some powerful classmates or gangsters. He couldn't cause any big trouble.

However, when he learned from James that Logan had offended the Howard Family, his expressionchanged immediately!

Damn it, it was the Howard Family, the strongest family in H City. He couldn't afford to offend themeven if his strength increased a hundred times!