Chapter 462: Chapter 459: He Doesn’t Despise Me
Nicholas Thompson was left speechless by these words.

Thinking of Gillian Thompson’s tears, Nicholas sighed, “Then you shouldn’t have arranged such a job for her, knowing full well about her leg…”

“She could have declined.” Molly Walker ruthlessly interrupted him, “She could have refused before she took on the job, I never forced her.”

Nicholas Thompson became silent.

He had to admit, Molly was right.

Gillian could have refused at the time, but she didn’t. Moreover, she rejected his offer to work at his law firm.

Just now, Gillian had been almost sobbing as she shared her grievances, telling him about how the people at the company intentionally left a week’s worth of garbage for her to clean up. But on reflection, perhaps these were just excuses she used to avoid work.

“I know you have disagreements with her.” Nicholas sighed. “I will deal with this issue myself.”

After saying this, he paused, then added: “Thank you for finding her a job.”

“You’re welcome. I won’t bother myself with such thankless tasks in the future.”

Molly hung up after saying this.

Hearing the dial tone ring in his ears, Nicholas felt a heavy lump in his heart.

Molly had never been polite to him.

But instead of feeling angry like he used to, he felt more calm recently.

Maybe it’s because Molly had given him “face” by hiring Gillian at ‘W’, or perhaps he suddenly felt that Gillian was becoming too greedy.

In the past, he had always been very tolerant towards Gillian, but recently he had found it more difficult.

He could help Gillian for a while, but could he do so for her entire life?

The ringtone of his cell phone rang. Seeing the incoming call, Nicholas frowned.

“Hello…”

He answered the video call.

In the video, Gillian Thompson’s eyes were red and swollen, choking between her sobs: “Second brother… Second brother…”

Her voice broke intermittently, clearly due to her immense distress.

“What’s wrong?” Nicholas felt a twinge in his heart, “Where are you now?”

“I’m at Fourth Sister’s and Michael Gallagher’s villa.”

“You went to see her?” For some reason, Nicholas felt impatient at the thought of Gillian trying to please Molly. “Didn’t I tell you that I would handle it for you? Why did you bother her?”

Gillian’s face fell and she stuttered, “I… I didn’t bother her, I wouldn’t dare to…”

Gillian clearly sensed a change in Nicholas’ behavior.

Bother her? Was he saying that she was provoking Molly?

For some reason, Gillian felt like she was losing grip on something and couldn’t hold on to it no matter what.

Seeing her panic, Nicholas softened his expression: “I said I would deal with it for you. Try not to confront her.”

After saying this, he added: “You can’t win against her.”

“She’s the boss of ‘W’ now. She could ruin you with the snap of her fingers. Don’t approach her if there’s nothing important.”

Gillian’s eyes welled up with tears: “I don’t want to approach her, but I don’t want to disappoint my boyfriend.”

Nicholas paused: “Boyfriend?”

“Yes, I haven’t had the chance to introduce him to you yet. If you’re free tomorrow, I’d arrange for him to meet you. His name is Ethan Hopkins, my college classmate…”

Gillian cautiously spoke, fearing that Nicholas would disapprove.

In the past, the boys who liked her would have been nipped in the bud by Nicholas before they could make any progress, as he declared those boys unsuitable for her.

But this time, Nicholas didn’t object, he just thought deeply and then seriously asked: “What’s this guy like? Are you sure you really know him?”

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust his sister’s judgment, rather, he understood men.

With Gillian’s disability and controversial background, it was uncertain what kind of people she would attract.

“He’s reliable, and I know him well.” Gillian was afraid that he wouldn’t agree and kept praising Ethan Hopkins, “He had feelings for me in college, but he didn’t dare to confess because he felt the disparity in our family backgrounds was too great. He feared you would beat him up. But now, even though I’m like this, he isn’t repulsed. Instead, he came to confess to me that he wanted to marry me.”

“Second brother, he really doesn’t despise my body…”

“How do you know he doesn’t?” Nicholas’ voice grew louder, feeling more and more suspicious about this man.

In the past, he felt inferior and didn’t dare to confess, but now he doesn’t feel that way anymore?

If it were true, that would mean this man used to think he didn’t deserve her, but now he thought he did.

His sister, even if she were disabled and cast out of the Thompson family, he would take good care of her and wouldn’t let anyone belittle or compare her.

“He doesn’t despise me, really, second brother, please believe me…” Gillian was almost scared to tears by Nicholas’ expression.

If it were in the past, things would be different. She didn’t like those guys, so it didn’t matter if her second brother chased them away, but now, she had gotten involved with Ethan Hopkins…

If her second brother intervened and caused their relationship to break off, she feared she might end up alone for the rest of her life.

Looking at her flustered appearance, Nicholas was filled with worry.

When he thought about her saying she didn’t want to disappoint Ethan Hopkins, Nicholas asked, “Did you look for Fourth Sister because of him?”

“Yes.” Gillian nodded, “His family has a design patent that’s in high demand, but they haven’t found a reliable partner yet. Isn’t there a leading tech company in ‘W’? I wanted to ask Fourth Sister if she could partner with his company.”

Upon hearing this, Nicholas understood everything.

This Ethan Hopkins started leveraging Gillian to build connections even before their relationship was confirmed. If Gillian failed in her attempts, she was likely to feel humiliated in front of him.

Looking at Gillian, who was avoiding his gaze, his face turned complex.

If it had been before, Gillian would never have done such a thing for any man.

Perhaps because she lost her legs, or perhaps she feels inferior, now that a man has appeared, she wants to latch on to him tightly.

He didn’t object to her finding a boyfriend, in fact, he even hoped she could find a good man. That way, her life would be settled.

But he has an instinctive feeling that this man was not dependable.

He definitely couldn’t let Gillian end up with such a man!

“This guy isn’t suitable.” Nicholas spoke firmly, “You should break up with him, I will introduce you to better people…”

“Second brother!” Gillian interrupted him, her eyes red, “All these years, how many relationships have you destroyed for me? Have you ever counted?”

“As for good ones, at this point, how could I deserver someone good…”

“Second brother, I know you care about me and think that nobody is good enough for me. It might have been fine in the past, and I thank you for everything you’ve done for me, but things are different now. Second brother, I have lost my legs, I am disabled…”

“I am no longer the Gillian Thompson I used to be. The kind of man you want for me, I simply don’t deserve anymore.”

Gillian closed her eyes, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.

Nicholas was stunned, staring at her silently: “What about Jeremy Norman? Didn’t you like him? If you still like him, I can go talk to him…”

“It’s too late…” Gillian stared back at the camera, her gaze empty, “If you could persuade him now, why didn’t you do it before? Back then, I was confident, but now I am not. Now I have nothing. The entire Thompson family, except for you, no longer considers me as a part of them. Moreover, it’s too late now. I have fallen in love with Ethan Hopkins. Do you know why I say that Ethan Hopkins doesn’t despise me? Because we’ve been intimate…”

Gillian’s lips twitched into a smile: “That’s right, just as you thought… We did it, for an entire day and night.”

“He made me feel very comfortable, we were in harmony and we were very happy.”

“Second brother, if you still consider me as your sister, please give us your blessing.”