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.

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

all accused her of being morally

bitch’ who watched while others labored.

the sanitation workers to find it. They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she look

better than everyone just because she’s a celebrity?”

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

negative comments. There had been plenty of people at the scene

was a PR nightmare!

comments online had increased and she was no longer

don’t know what’s wrong with these key influencers. We’re reaching out and asking them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate them. But they just aren’t willing to take down

is absurd!” Lily shouted. “Offer

her manager said. “And we have to be careful not to push too hard because that could blow up in our faces. We don’t want them to start saying that we’re trying to buy 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

what we’re spending now on damage control. Damn it, Lily, you could’ve spun this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or if you’d actually gotten your hands

breath. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just run your mouth at me,” she said

his words struck a chord with her.

could’ve handled

this farce in the first place.

for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I

“Why do

you ask?”

able to pay to sweep it away. So I’ll ask again, who did d you piss off?”

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

Could it be

few people more powerful

refused. The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from the masses and who would be

death, he was taking out his