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 looked like, and the sanitation workers going through the

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

of many. They all

bitch’ who watched while others labored.

still wanted the sanitation workers to find it. They

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

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

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

a PR nightmare!

taken down?” Lily saw that the negative comments online had increased and she was no longer able to sit still.

do. I don’t know what’s wrong with these key influencers. 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

shouted. “Offer

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

way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or

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

a chord

could’ve handled

started this farce in the

“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?”

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

Atkinson, and I’m engaged to Sean. Everybody else should be

froze. Could it be

were very few people more powerful than her

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 opinion leaders and the media…were few, and Jason was one of

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