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!

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 bent over

ire of many. They all accused her of being morally flawed and putting on airs.

who watched

They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she

than everyone just because she’s

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

been plenty of people at the scene and many of them had

a PR

that the negative comments online had increased and she was no

out and asking them to stop

is absurd!” Lily shouted. “Offer them more money!”

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.

damage control. Damn 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

a chord

handled this

started this farce in the first

“Sure. 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

“Why do

you ask?”

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

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

it be

very few people more powerful than her family

who were capable of hiding the truth from the masses and who would