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!

of what it cost and looked like, and the sanitation workers going

she was dressed flashily as she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next to her were several

ire of many. They all accused her of

watched while

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

she’s better than everyone just because she’s a

hog 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

had been plenty of people at the scene and many of them had recorded videos of the incident and uploaded

was a PR

Lily saw that the negative comments online

key influencers. We’re reaching out and asking them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate them. But they just aren’t willing

is absurd!” Lily shouted. “Offer them

we 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 publicist, I would’ve told you to keep your money and to lavish it on the workers. Or to

this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or if you’d actually gotten your hands dirty yourself.”

a breath. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just run your mouth at me,” she said

struck a chord

could’ve handled this

if she hadn’t started this farce in the

like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you

“Why do

you ask?”

cures most everything, and this situation…we aren’t able to pay to sweep it

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

it be Jason

people more

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 influence those key

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