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

Chapter 269 - 268: The Price

Chapter 269: Chapter 268: The Price

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Inside the Norman family’s villa, Jeremy Norman listened to the housekeeper’s report, his spirits sinking to the bottom.

His dad had really made a move, and it was a ruthless one.

Although their family mainly operated in the restaurant industry, his father was good at socializing and had forged many connections with political and business figures over the years. As long as his father said the word, those people would help him out to some extent, and it wouldn’t be difficult to take down a small company.

“Where’s my dad?” Worried about his father’s actions, Jeremy asked urgently.

The housekeeper looked at him with difficulty: “Young Master, Mr. Norman doesn’t want me to tell you his whereabouts, saying that whatever you do will be futile, and he must make the Leaford family pay the price.”

“Why doesn’t he make the Thompson family pay the price?” Jeremy Norman sneered with a cold face, after all, they only dared to bully the local weaklings.

“You tell him that if he does this, the Thompson Group will definitely join forces with the Leaford family. Ivy is not a kind person either. Let him be clear-headed, if he dares to offend the Leaford family, he must be prepared to offend the ‘W’ organization.”

As far as he knew, the power behind Ivy Thompson was unfathomable. Although he didn’t know her exact position within the ‘W’ organization, her status was definitely not low.

Now, the Norman family seemed to have the upper hand, but in the end, they might be defeated completely.

“‘W’ organization?” The housekeeper’s eyes widened, “How could Mr. Norman offend such an organization?”

It was obvious that the housekeeper had also heard of this organization, and his eyes were filled with fear.

Jeremy Norman did not explain, thinking of Sebastian Norman’s methods, his heart pounding.

In the end, he decided to call Molly Walker and tell her about Sebastian Norman’s actions and intentions.

If the Leaford family went bankrupt because of this, she would certainly hate him too.

He didn’t want to go along with Sebastian Norman’s schemes, nor did he want to be estranged from Molly.

With that thought, he picked up his cell phone and dialed a number

At this time, Molly Walker was at the hospital accompanying Amanda Leaford. Daniel Thompson was still in a coma and showed no signs of waking up.

“The police have been here and said that there isn’t enough evidence to rule out that your dad didn’t have suicidal tendencies.”

Amanda Leaford looked exhausted, but when she saw Molly, she tried to smile: “I heard that your engagement to Jeremy Norman has been canceled?”

Molly nodded, “Actually we’ve only been pretending all along.”

She thought for a moment, hesitating whether to tell Amanda that Michael Gallagher was still alive, but in the end, she realized that it wouldn’t make a difference whether she said it or not, since she and Michael couldn’t have a future together.

“Sebastian Norman is not easy to deal with. Doing this might provoke him.” Amanda Leaford furrowed her brows.

Molly smiled, “I know. Uncle said he would handle it, but I doubt he can.”

She had looked up Sebastian Norman, and his kind of power was different from that of Samuel Richardson. Sebastian had an unyielding determination to achieve his goals.

Thinking about her brother James Leaford, Amanda Leaford frowned even more.

She had been sick for so many years, and her brother had single-handedly taken care of the company, without even the help of an assistant.

With her brother’s straightforward and uncompromising personality, he had suffered even more in the business world.

Seeing Amanda’s worry, Molly took the initiative to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I’ll help your uncle. The company will be fine.”

And she wouldn’t let the company get into trouble.

If there was an issue now, she’d let the bullet fly a little longer.

“You help? How will you help?” Amanda became nervous, “Now that your dad is in a coma, and you’ve offended Sebastian Norman, if they join forces, you guys will be faced with enemies on both sides. No, you can’t stay in Capital City anymore, you should go back to Sunnydale.”

The Thompson family was the most powerful in Sunnydale. Although hiding wouldn’t be a long-term solution, it would at least avoid the storm for the time being.

Seeing the worried look on her mother’s face, Molly patted her hand, about to say she was an important member of the “W” organization, when her cell phone rang.

“Ivy, where are you? My dad grounded me. To make a long story short, I’ll tell you my dad’s goal.” Jeremy Norman spoke urgently, “He wants to join forces with other companies to ruin the Leaford family. He has done this before, took down a company in just two days.”

Two days, it was a lightning-fast speed.

“If you have any way to stop it, hurry up and do it ” After saying this, his tone paused, “My dad is just like this. If stopping this matter, I hope you can give him a chance.”

Jeremy knew that no matter how big the Norman family was, it was no match for the powerful “W” organization.

If Molly joined forces to stop and ruin the Norman enterprise, it wouldn’t take two days, maybe just half a day, and the company would fall apart.

He deeply understood the horror of this organization.

Upon hearing Jeremy’s words, Molly’s eyes became focused.

She was originally planning to take down the entire Norman family, but she owed Jeremy a favor

“If Sebastian Norman stops in time, I won’t retaliate.”

Her tone was light and airy, with a hint of gentle warmth.

Jeremy breathed a sigh of relief, gratefully whispered a “Thank you” and hung up.

After hanging up the phone, Amanda Leaford quickly asked, “What happened to your uncle? Is there any issue with the company?”

She was close enough to hear snippets of the conversation.

Molly Walker didn’t hide it from her and repeated what Jeremy Norman had said.

Hearing that Sebastian Norman wanted to squeeze out the Leaford family, Amanda took a cold breath.

Although the Leaford family was not small in scale, it was still far behind when compared to the Norman family.

She looked at Daniel Thompson, thinking that if he was still awake, maybe he could help her brother, but he was still unconscious.

Molly looked at Daniel and suddenly discovered something. She narrowed her eyes and asked Amanda, “Did he wear anything on him before?”

Now, apart from his simple and loose clothes, Daniel wore nothing valuable.

She remembered that each member of the Thompson family had a watch for self-defense, but Daniel’s hand was bare, the pale watch mark even showed on his wrist.

“Yes, he liked to wear watches ” Amanda looked at his hand, her gaze stagnated for a moment, “Hey, where is his watch?”

Molly made a judgment in her heart. All the valuables on Daniel were gone.

If it wasn’t suicide, it was mostly homicide.

Looking at Daniel with his eyes tightly closed again, Molly felt an inexplicable fear deep inside. She was glad that it didn’t cost a life.

If Daniel really drowned, she might be cursed for the rest of her life.

Although she didn’t like Daniel, she didn’t want him to die either.

“Mom, his situation is too bizarre, and I am having my friends investigate.” She paused and looked at her seriously, “You must remember not to let Phoebe Belmont get close to him. You are his legally married wife, and no matter what Phoebe does, she is just a No. 3.”

She knew Amanda didn’t bother to argue with people, but in her opinion, Phoebe’s tactics were not clever. Daniel hadn’t completely sided with Phoebe, so if they just let Daniel go to Phoebe now, it would be too cheap for her.

Amanda nodded earnestly, “I understand your intentions. I won’t let Phoebe take advantage. Even if I don’t want him, I won’t let her get away with it.”

After all, Daniel was the president of the Thompson Group. If he got married again and had a late baby, it would threaten the status of her children.

She would never let this happen – even if it were for her children, she would guard the family.

Molly saw her regaining her vitality and her heart settled down a bit.

With Daniel in trouble, the Leaford family might also be in trouble. Moreover, considering the direction of public opinion, she was most worried that Amanda would collapse.

As they left the hospital, she saw the address of Phoebe Belmont sent by the organization on her cell phone. Molly took a taxi and headed towards where Phoebe lived.

On the other side, in front of the Jenkins family’s home, a black stretch Lincoln stopped.

The car window opened, and James Leaford took a hard puff of a cigarette.

If not for desperation, he wouldn’t be here, but the only family that could contend with the Norman family was the Jenkins family.

He looked at the magnificent courtyard house, squinting his eyes slightly.

In the car, Zoey Lambert saw her father’s difficulty and sighed deeply, “Dad, let’s talk to Ivy Thompson. Ivy is a member of the ‘W’ organization, perhaps she could help us.”

“No!” James Leaford’s face turned cold, “I said I would protect her and I must keep my word. What organization? That’s all made up online nonsense. Going to Ivy now would only make her feel guilty and serve no purpose.”

James never believed online rumors. If Ivy really was a member of that organization, why would she have been wandering outside for so many years?

Such a powerful organization couldn’t possibly have someone like Ivy joining.

In his view, these rumors were all fabricated and unreliable.

“I am her uncle, and she has suffered so much. As her family, we must do everything we can to protect her.”

Zoey sighed with tears in her eyes.

She didn’t believe the rumors either, but now the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. If they dragged on any longer, they would end up on the streets.

She didn’t mind struggling, but she couldn’t bear seeing her father begging others for help, especially the Jenkins family.

She looked to the Jenkins family’s courtyard house, thought of a certain person inside, and her nose soured slightly.

She knew the reason her father brought her here today. She had been raised by her family for so many years and it was time to contribute.

Initially, Mr. Jenkins and her father had discussed forming a marriage alliance between the Jenkins and Leaford families. However, the suitor was his idiotic elder grandson.

A man in his thirties who couldn’t even take care of himself; no socialite in the Capital City, let alone her, would want to marry him.

She could guess, this time if her father asked for help, Mr. Jenkins would definitely bring up the marriage alliance again.

So was she really going to marry an idiot?

Thinking about her miserable future life, Zoey Lambert bit her lip hard, and tears of grief almost burst out.