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!

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.

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

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

‘rich bitch’ who watched

They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she look

everyone just because

the city’s resources? She doesn’t pay the sanitation workers’ salaries. Why does she need so many people to help her look for a

name, they were unable to curb those negative comments. There had been plenty of people at the

a PR

be taken down?” Lily saw that the negative comments

these key influencers. We’re reaching out and asking them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate

shouted. “Offer them more

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 new one-it

Damn it, Lily, you could’ve spun this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor

to pretend you didn’t just run your mouth at me,” she said icily.

struck a chord

handled this

this farce in the

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?”

and this situation…we aren’t able to pay to sweep it away. So I’ll ask again, who did d you

could I have offended?” She pondered over it. “I’m an Atkinson, and I’m engaged to Sean.

froze. Could it be

more powerful than her family

The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from the masses and