Rural Belle & Three Heirs by Harper Hall

Chapter 71 Change of Target

Seeing Herbert's behavior was too much, Tony, being the hothead he was, couldn't just stand by and watch his mom get humiliated. He stormed forward, shouting, "What the hell, man? Let go of my mom, or I'll bash your head in!" Tony grabbed a wine bottle and charged at Herbert, but Herbert's goons quickly pinned him to the dining table. Brian and Brenda saw their son being restrained and instantly freaked out.

Brian, all nervous, said, "Herbert, I'm sorry. My son is young and doesn't know better. This has nothing to do with the kids. Please, let them go. We can talk this out."

"Yeah, let them go first," Brenda added, even though she was still humiliated, she was more worried about the kids.

Herbert gave Brenda a sleazy smile and said, "Alright, I'll let them go, but you have to spend the night with me."

"This..." Brenda looked at Brian and the kids, feeling totally stuck.

Brian was furious, but as a law-abiding businessman, he was no match for Herbert. When he tried to stand up to him, Herbert's men slapped him.

Zara was also fuming, but she didn't dare to resist. Chloe was still there, and if Chloe got hurt, how could she explain it to Nicholas?

Herbert, hoping to get him to release Tony, Chloe, and

pulled Zara aside and whispered, "Zara, what the hell is going

an eye on things, quickly filled Chloe in. Turned out, Zara came to

the past two years, Herbert had been screwing them over, pushing the family toward bankruptcy because he wanted Brenda as his mistress. Brenda refused, and

Gibson family had no way to fight back. After quickly explaining, Zara apologized to Chloe, "Chloe, I'm sorry our family's mess has put you in danger. If there's a chance later, you should

leave first. But how could Chloe abandon her

was controlled by Herbert's men. Maybe

me, which pissed me off. Then I heard you've got some business going on without me, and that really got

away and then signaled his men to throw

for the exhibition, and giving

the ones Chloe had borrowed from Grant. Those paintings were famous and worth millions of dollars each. Herbert asking for those paintings was clearly robbery. Looking at the list in his hand, Brian's face instantly broke out in a sweat. Despite the pain from being slapped by Herbert's men, he still smiled and tried to negotiate with Herbert, "Herbert, if you want other paintings, I can give them to you, but these paintings are not ours. It's not appropriate for me to give them to you. Besides, even if we sold all our assets, it wouldn't be enough to cover the cost of these paintings. How about you choose some other paintings?" As soon as Brian finished speaking,

"Stop it. In broad daylight,

one of Herbert's men immediately rushed forward, snatched her

here too? I must say, she looks like Brenda. A spitfire, aren't you?" The moment