My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict

Chapter 38

What kind of suffering did she endure to be so dismissive when recounting these experiences?

“In the future, if anyone hurts you, I won’t let them get away,” he said as if he was making an oath.

She rubbed his head of black hair. Treating him very much like the younger brother she professed him to be.

But he knew better. He’d gotten close to her and saw how she responded to him.

She might try to keep him at arm’s length, but they were far past

that.

“Jay, I’m a big girl, and I can take care of myself. Don’t keep saying stuff like that.” She smothered a yawn. “Hurry up and eat.” As she spoke, she lowered her head and continued eating. the food before her.

A spark flashed through his eyes as if he was thinking of something.

The incident had indeed been blown out of proportion and yet it did not occur to Lily that her company would be unable to suppress this top search.

There were simply too many sites and too many people talking

about the event.

And while her people could bribe some news outlets, there were simply too many and the scene of her standing at the roadway while an entire dumpster of garbage was opened and sorted… that was sweeping the world and trending.

Damn it!

Between the missing ring and speculation of what it cost and looked like, and the sanitation workers going through the trash looking for it, there was more than enough fodder to keep people talking.

corresponding images were especially publicized. In it, she was dressed flashily as she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next

contrast immediately generated the ire of many. They all accused her of being morally flawed

watched

who stated, “She lost her own ring and still wanted the sanitation workers to find it. They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she look through the rubbish

better than everyone just

workers’ salaries.

comments. There had been plenty of people at the scene and many of them

was a

be taken down?” Lily saw that the negative comments online had

influencers. We’re reaching out and asking them to stop

absurd!” Lily shouted. “Offer

them. or silence them. Free speech and all that.” There was some rustling on the other end of the phone as if he was covering the mouthpiece. “Not for nothing, but if you’d called me immediately, instead of just your agent and publicist, I would’ve told you to keep your money and to lavish it on the workers. Or to forget about the ring and go buy a

on damage control. Damn it, Lily, you could’ve spun this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or if you’d

going to pretend you didn’t just run your mouth at me,”

his words struck a

could’ve handled this better.

if she hadn’t started this farce in the

Fine. Hopefully, we won’t run into a situation like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean not the public or those

“Why do

you ask?”

to pay to sweep it away. So

pondered over it. “I’m an Atkinson, and I’m engaged

Could it be Jason

more powerful than

of power and money for her to be refused. The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from the masses and who would be able to influence those key opinion

death, he was taking