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 to her were

They all accused her

watched

own ring and still wanted the sanitation workers to find it. They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire

better than everyone just because

the city’s resources? She doesn’t pay the sanitation workers’ salaries. Why

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

was a PR nightmare!

comments online had increased and she was

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 all of the related content.”

Lily shouted. “Offer them more money!”

the phone as if he was covering the mouthpiece. “Not

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

in a breath. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just

struck a chord

could’ve handled this

hadn’t started this farce in

He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean not the public or those workers today?

“Why do

you ask?”

and this situation…we aren’t able to pay to sweep it away. So I’ll ask

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

it be Jason

people more powerful than her family

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

because of Jennifer’s death, he was

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