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.

In it, she was dressed flashily as she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next to her were several sanitation workers bent over

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

who watched while

stated, “She lost her own ring and still wanted the sanitation workers to find it. They

better than everyone just

She doesn’t pay the sanitation workers’ salaries. Why does she need so many people to help her look

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

a PR nightmare!

Lily saw that the negative comments

them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate them. But they just aren’t willing to take down all

shouted. “Offer them

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

this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people

sucked in a breath. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just run your mouth

his words struck a

could’ve handled this better.

this farce in the first

run into a situation like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean

“Why do

you ask?”

to pay to sweep it away. So I’ll ask again,

pondered over it. “I’m an Atkinson, and I’m engaged to Sean. Everybody else should be afraid of offending

Could it be Jason

few people more powerful than her

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 leaders and the media…were few, and Jason was

of Jennifer’s death, he was taking out his anger on her and Sean?

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