Abandoned Super Cutie Adopted by Billionaire Clan

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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.

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

to endorse their products

they’d gotten

the

name

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

machine.

destroy you, it wasn’t a matter of if. It was

overwhelmed with dread, kicked Cody again. “Who the hell

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Cody stammered, clutching his

Google’s reverse image search. Nothing came up. He then went back to the original X account, but the post was gone. Panicked, he messaged

later, a reply came: [That post was flagged and removed. Every time I try to re–upload the image, it’s auto–blocked.

That… wasn’t

girl wasn’t just some random kid. They had messed with someone untouchable. Jaxen was on the

far, no one else at the company knew. The two locked

on the door.

tension inside. Smiling, she held up her phone.

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

from 5,000 followers

eyes lit

got it,” he blurted. “Let’s apologize online. Publicly. If we control the narrative, we might

“What the hell good would that do?

pressed. “These days, the internet’s full of bleeding hearts. If we admit fault and act sincerely, people will follow the outcome. And if Chronos tries to crush us, the public might start sympathizing with us. Maybe

away. He paced. Frowned. Weighed his rapidly

In fact, best–case scenario? Maybe another company who’d been crushed by Chronos Legal in the past would speak up

was all he had.

Cody holding the phone. He spoke slowly and somberly, eyes red- rimmed, voice trembling with

admitted they’d violated a child’s image rights. He pledged