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!

missing 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

beside the rubbish piles, and next to her were several sanitation workers bent over the trash looking for

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

who watched while others

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’s better than everyone just because

the sanitation workers’ salaries. Why does she need so many people

comments. There had been plenty of people at the scene and many of them had recorded

a PR nightmare!

top search be taken down?” Lily saw that the negative comments online had increased and she was no longer able to

them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate them. But they

is absurd!” Lily shouted. “Offer them more

the phone as if he was covering the mouthpiece. “Not for nothing, but

it, Lily, you could’ve spun this way better,

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

his words struck a chord

handled this better.

started this farce in the

Fine. Hopefully, we won’t run into a situation like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean not

“Why do

you ask?”

able to pay to sweep it away. So I’ll ask again, who did d

and I’m

it be

were very few people more powerful than her family or

refused. The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from the

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