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!

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

beside the rubbish piles, and next to her were several sanitation workers bent

ire of many. They all accused her of

who watched

sanitation workers to find it. They have already been

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

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

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

a PR nightmare!

that the negative comments

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 them

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

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

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

words struck a chord with her.

could’ve handled this better.

this farce in the first place.

He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean not the

“Why do

you ask?”

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

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

it be Jason Reed?

were very few people more powerful

hiding the truth from the masses and who would be able to influence those key opinion leaders and the media…were

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255