Rural Belle & Three Heirs
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?

Brenda tried her best to negotiate with Herbert, hoping to get him to release Tony, Chloe, and Zara first.

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

Zara, while keeping an eye on things, quickly filled Chloe in. Turned out, Zara came to Sovereign City to handle this.

For 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 Brian had been protecting her. But Herbert wouldn't give up and kept sabotaging their business, causing constant trouble.

Zara, who studied law in college, came to Sovereign City intending to use legal means to bring Herbert down. But as soon as she arrived, Herbert came to bully them again. Facing such bullying, the 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 get out of here first."

Even in danger, Zara insisted Chloe leave first. But how could Chloe abandon her good friend?

Everyone present, except for Chloe and Zara, was controlled by Herbert's men. Maybe they thought Chloe and Zara, being girls, wouldn't cause any trouble.

While Zara and Chloe whispered, Herbert wasn't just standing around either. He was pulling Brenda and negotiating with Brian. "Brian, you had an art show today and didn't invite me, which pissed me off. Then I heard you've got some business going on without me, and that really got under my skin. Want to make it right? It's simple. I won't mess with your wife, just give me a few paintings from your show and we're good."

Herbert pushed Brenda away and then signaled his men to throw a list of paintings at Brian's face.

The Gibson family had bought quite a few paintings for the exhibition, and giving a few to Herbert wouldn't be a big deal.

Unfortunately, the paintings Herbert wanted were not ordinary ones but 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, Herbert slapped him again. Tony and Brenda rushed to protect Brian and were also slapped a few times.

Zara couldn't hold back any longer. As a law student, she couldn't just watch her family being humiliated. "Stop it. In broad daylight, your actions are illegal. Let go of my family, or I'll call the police right now."

After saying that, Zara grabbed her phone to call the police, but one of Herbert's men immediately rushed forward, snatched her phone, and smashed it on the ground.

"Well, well, there's a little beauty here too? I must say, she looks like Brenda. A spitfire, aren't you?" The moment Herbert saw Zara, he instantly shifted his attention to her.

Brenda panicked when she saw this. "Herbert, she's my niece, she's still young, please don't hurt her, I'll drink with you."

Brenda had to submit to Herbert to save Zara. But Herbert slapped Brenda away and turned his bulky body toward the younger, more attractive Zara.

As he approached, he kept saying obscene words, "Shawty, you talk tough, huh? I like it. I wonder if you're as tough in bed as you are when you talk."

Herbert grinned wickedly as he got close to Zara. He reached out, trying to pull Zara into his arms, but Zara grabbed a wine bottle from the table and smashed it on Herbert's head.

After smashing it, Zara shouted to Chloe, "Chloe, run!"

Before Chloe could take a step, Herbert's men had already closed the door tightly. As for Herbert, who had been hit with a wine bottle, his head seemed to be made of iron, and he was unharmed. He wiped the wine off his face and laughed. "Feisty, I like it. Tonight, I'm going to sleep with you."

With that, he reached out his devilish hand towards Zara again.