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!

the sanitation workers going through the trash looking for it, there was more than enough fodder to

she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next to

immediately generated the ire of many. They all

‘rich bitch’ who watched while others

online who stated, “She lost her own ring and still wanted the sanitation workers to find it. They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she look through the rubbish

than everyone just because she’s a

sanitation workers’ salaries. Why does she need so many people to help her look for a

unable to curb those negative comments. There had been plenty of people at the scene and many of them had recorded videos of the incident and uploaded them

was a PR nightmare!

comments online had increased and she was no longer able

know what’s wrong with these key influencers. We’re reaching out and asking them to stop posting. We’re offering to

shouted. “Offer

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

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

pretend you didn’t

words struck a chord with her.

handled

if she hadn’t started this

Fine. Hopefully, we won’t run into a situation like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then:

“Why do

you ask?”

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

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

Could it be Jason

few people more

hiding the truth from