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Chapter 214

Chapter 214

Ever since Grizzlyworld Corp.’s products were pulled from shelves the night before, CEO Jazen Massey had a gnawing feeling that something was very, very wrong.

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His team kept trying to calm him down, insisting the child on the packaging was just some random kid–nothing to worry about.

But now, staring at the official subpoena from Chronos Legal, Jaxen erupted in fury, flipping chairs and slamming his desk before turning on his design director, Cody Cantu.

“You told me she was just a kid! So why the hell am I getting sued by Chronos Legal?!”

Cody stood frozen, pale and trembling, taking the full brunt of the verbal assault.

He didn’t even dare respond. Thirty minutes of relentless shouting later, all he could do was lower his head and replay the beginning of this mess in his mind.

It had all started with a casual scroll on X. He’d stumbled upon a wallpaper account that had posted a picture of a smiling little girl–round face, bright eyes, healthy glow.

She looked so warm, so pure, so… marketable.

Cody, seeing an opportunity, thought: Parents will love this. Their products were designed for moms and children, and this girl’s face was practically made for packaging.

He’d messaged the original poster, asking about the source. The reply? “All images from the internet.”

That was all the green light Cody needed. He saved the high–res version, sent it to the printer, and slapped the girl’s face across an initial test run of snacks.

To his surprise, the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Distributors reported higher sales, retailers praised the new packaging–and that was when Cody came clean to Jaxen: the image had been pulled from the internet and wasn’t properly licensed.

Jaxen hesitated. No one had complained. No lawsuits had come. The profits were rolling in. So he gave in to temptation, greenlit full–scale production, and watched the money pour in.

They expanded the line. Launched new flavors. Even started seeing their products on endcaps in major shopping malls.

the girl a name–Jolene Case–and labeled her as their “brand ambassador” right on the packaging, with a

children’s sector reached out, wanting “Jolene” to endorse their products too. But Jaxen, riddled with guilt,

they’d gotten away with it.

the legal hammer.

saw the name Chronos Legal, his knees went weak.

take–no–prisoners legal unit known across the industry as

machine.

destroy you, it wasn’t a matter of

Cody again. “Who

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know…” Cody stammered, clutching his

back to the original X account,

time I try to re–upload the image, it’s auto–blocked.

That… wasn’t

They had messed with someone untouchable. Jaxen was on the verge of collapse.

no one else at the company knew. The two

then–a knock on the door. They jumped.

to the tension inside. Smiling,

up. That thing we did–buying back the snack bags with Jolene‘ on them at full

ballooned from 5,000 followers to over 70,000

Cody’s eyes lit

control the narrative, we

would that do? All it’ll do is make us

and act sincerely, people will follow the outcome. And if Chronos tries to crush us, the public might start sympathizing

respond right away. He paced. Frowned. Weighed his rapidly shrinking options. Finally, he gave a stiff nod.

company who’d been crushed by Chronos

was all he had.

video in his office, with Cody holding the phone. He spoke slowly and somberly,

all the design department’s fault–and admitted they’d violated a child’s image rights. He pledged