The Ex-husband Wants to Get Power Every Day After the Divorce

Chapter 504: Chapter 499: The Hopkins Family is About to Change_1
Secure that land?

Ethan Hopkins’s eyes grew wide, staring at him, “Can you really help me secure it?”

“Yes.” Nicholas Thompson’s expression was muted, “but I have a condition.”

“What condition? No matter what it is, I’ll agree to it if it’s coming from you, second brother.” Ethan Hopkins seemed very obedient.

The surrounding people gasped when they heard this.

They recognized the man in front of them, it was the Thompson family’s second son, the young man who had established his own law firm, the one who was almost the ‘sole authority’ in court.

Didn’t they say that Gillian Thompson didn’t get along well with her family? How come she has such a great second brother?

No wonder Ethan Hopkins was so protective of Gillian Thompson.

The men started looking at Ethan Hopkins differently.

“I don’t care how you do it, but you have to marry Gillian within a month, and the wedding gifts, and the wedding celebration itself must not be shoddy. I will get the project sorted out for you within a month.”

Upon hearing this, Ethan Hopkins paused, lowered his head to ponder, and quickly nodded, “I had originally planned to marry Gillian anyway, and with second brother’s words, it will be easier to explain this to my parents. Do not worry, I will handle this beautifully.”

Nicholas Thompson pursed his lips, and gave him a deep look, “I hope you won’t disappoint me, if I find out that you are not treating Gillian well, I have a thousand ways to teach you a lesson.”

“Don’t worry second brother, from now on, Gillian and the baby in her belly will be my life. I will protect them even if I have to risk my own life.”

Ethan Hopkins’ made a solemn vow, Nicholas of course did not believe these sweet words, but he wouldn’t let Ethan suffer a public embarrassment in front of so many people.

“With me around, you won’t have to risk your life.”

Since Gillian was already pregnant, everything had to be planned in the long run.

Upon Nicholas leaving, Ethan sighed in relief.

He glanced at the spot where Nicholas had sat before and chuckled softly.

Thankfully, Gillian was pregnant, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to deal with Nicholas.

Although Nicholas loved Gillian, he was cautious, and only with this measure could he get Nicholas to help him.

“Ethan, you do have a way, you managed to handle Gillian’s brother in such a short time.”

“I heard that Nicholas Thompson doesn’t usually interfere with his family’s affairs, but he is very capable, he has a lot of property under his own name. As long as he has promised you, he will surely help you. You should look forward to a prosperous future, haha.”

Everyone started to compliment Ethan, but deep down they were all on high alert.

From now on, the Hopkins family’s status will probably be extraordinary.

…

Miss Walker sat quietly in the car, looking at the reporters surrounding her who refused to leave, and furrowed her eyebrows.

“Ever since you were aggressively interviewed by them at the hospital entrance, they have been following you.” Michael Gallagher’s expression was indifferent, and his deep gaze concealed worry.

Miss Walker lowered her eyes and sighed softly.

Ever since the news of her being Stephen Crane’s heir was revealed, it quickly dominated various trending topics, always ranking high, even surpassing some celebrities in popularity.

Originally, she was scouted by various talent agents, and many shows invited her as a guest just so she wouldn’t be hounded by reporters.

“I’ll talk to Mr. Crane.” Miss Walker sent a message to Angela Lewis.

At this time, Angela Lewis was making tea for Stephen Crane.

Upon receiving the message, she handed it to Stephen Crane.

When Mr. Crane saw the message saying “can we downplay this a bit,” he raised his eyebrows and smiled.

“She’s modest.” Stephen Crane, twirling the beads in his hand and speaking softly, “Do as she said.”

“Miss Walker wants us to announce to the media that the news of her being your heir is false.”

Stephen Crane’s hand paused, his thumb stuck on a bead.

“If we announce to the media that the news is false, it may harm Miss Walker.” Angela Lewis sighed quietly, “I believe Miss Walker has her own considerations.”

“Does she not want my stuff?” Stephen Crane’s heart suddenly dropped.

Back then, that woman didn’t want any of his things, leaving him with a lifetime of regret.

If she had made a big fuss about it back then, he would have felt a little less guilty, and wouldn’t feel tormented by living now.

“No, Miss Walker told me that we are just denying it to the outside world, but everything else remains the same.”

Stephen Crane immediately breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good, as long as she doesn’t refuse to be my heir.”

“I think if Miss Walker didn’t want to be your heir, she would have refused long ago, she wouldn’t have agreed to you. You can rest easy.” Angela Lewis was not surprised by Stephen Crane’s worries.

After Miss Walker’s mother passed away, Miss Walker became his only source of comfort.

Over the years, Mr. Crane mostly relied on Miss Walker to keep him going.

When he learned of Miss Walker’s death, he spent sleepless nights until the news of Isabelle Richardson’s death began to spread, and he remembered that Miss Walker had a granddaughter.

This emotional crutch then shifted onto Molly Walker.

Fortunately, Molly seemed to understand that she was his emotional strength and did not completely reject this.

“Do as she wishes, she will be your boss from now on, you must support whatever she wishes to do,” Mr. Crane’s mood seemed to lighten suddenly, giving his instructions seriously.

“Yes,” Angela Lewis replied respectfully.

Soon, the news spread that “Stephen Crane did not admit personally that Molly Walker is his successor”.

Immediately after, all news outlets issued announcements, stating that the initial news announcing Molly Walker as Mr. Crane’s heir was false.

This news put Molly Walker in the trending topic again, but it was soon overwhelmed by another piece of news.

A big news story broke in the entertainment industry.

Top-tier celebrity Olivia Sawyer was caught in a paparazzi shot, hand in hand and embracing a young actor.

Once this news broke, it quickly dominated the trending topics.

Seeing this news, Molly immediately thought of Jeremy Norman.

Jeremy Norman liked Olivia Sawyer, but he was not yet aware of it.

What if he heard this news…

“What are you thinking?” Michael Gallagher wrapped her in his arms, with his head buried in her neck.

Molly’s face turned red, she looked around and gently pushed him, “Be careful of the reporters.”

“Those reporters have been taken care of.” Mentioning the reporters, Michael Gallagher’s eyes grew darker.

These past few days, the reporters seemed to be everywhere, making him walk on eggshells whenever he wanted to be intimate with Molly, so much so that he had to take cold showers every day.

He didn’t actually mind, but he feared causing trouble for Molly, after all, they are not yet remarried.

After what they have been through, he was extremely careful in everything he did.

Seeing that he was somewhat disheartened, Molly gently held his hand.

“I once saw the most vibrant side of you,” Molly squeezed his thumb gently, her voice as soft as gauze, “I was just in junior high school. You were studying in the best high school in Sunnydale. I saw you speeding down the street on your motorcycle, and your teacher was crazily chasing after you.”

Michael Gallagher of that time was simply a legend.

High IQ, great academic performance, always being the number one, but also the most troublesome. He became a wonder in the whole of Sunnydale.

Normally, someone like him would receive admonishments. He was always absent from class, disrupting the academic atmosphere.

However, he was consistently at the top of his class, and he always left the second place far behind him. Even in various programming competitions, math competitions, and even dance competitions, he would always win first place.

Normally, they would never have crossed paths.

Until one day, when she was cornered against the wall again, preparing to withstand the next wave of attacks, a box of cigarettes was thrown over.

Michael Gallagher stood on one foot on his motorcycle, cigarette in mouth. Handsome, but his expression looked unfriendly.

The attackers were stunned by his sudden cigarette toss.

A group of people spared her for the first time.

The flamboyant young man put out the cigarette in his mouth, carefree and wilful, “Don’t be too well-behaved.”

Being too obedient would only invite bullying.

As long as you excel in one aspect, it doesn’t matter if you act recklessly in others.

That was what he taught her back then.

If it weren’t for Michael Gallagher, she wouldn’t have had the courage to accept her Master’s challenge.

In the past, Michael Gallagher was also a beacon of light for her.

“Then what?” Michael Gallagher raised his eyebrows as he saw her lost in some of her memories and tugged at her hand.

“That’s it. I just learned back then that you were an oddball unlike any I’d ever seen or heard of,” Molly laughed showing her teeth, but did not tell him the details of that time.

“Let’s go.” Molly took his hand and started to walk ahead.

“Where are we going?”

“To a hotel.”

“…”