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.

dressed flashily as she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next

ire of many. They all accused her of being morally flawed

bitch’ who watched

some online who stated, “She lost her own ring and still wanted the sanitation workers to find it. They have already been working

just because she’s a celebrity?”

salaries. Why does she need so many

if Lily’s fans worked hard to clear their idol’s name, they were unable to curb those negative comments. There had been plenty of people at the scene and many of them had recorded videos

was a PR nightmare!

negative comments online had increased and she was no longer able to

can do. I don’t know what’s wrong with these key influencers. We’re reaching out and asking them to stop posting.

Lily shouted. “Offer them more

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

way better, if you’d rewarded those poor

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

a chord with her.

could’ve handled

if she hadn’t started this farce in the first

“Sure. Fine. Hopefully, we won’t run into a situation like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend

“Why do

you ask?”

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

it. “I’m an Atkinson, and I’m engaged to Sean. Everybody

froze. Could it be

very few people more powerful than her family

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

it really be that because of Jennifer’s death, he was taking out his anger on