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 speculation of what it cost and looked like, and the sanitation workers going through the trash looking for it, there was more than enough fodder to

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

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

who watched

it. They have already been working hard sweeping the

everyone just because she’s a

salaries. Why does she need so many people to help

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

was a

down?” Lily saw that the negative comments online

and asking them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate them. But

Lily shouted. “Offer them more

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 forget about the ring

what we’re spending now on damage control. Damn it, Lily, you could’ve spun this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or if you’d actually gotten your hands

breath. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just run

struck a chord with

handled

if she hadn’t started this

this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then:

“Why do

you ask?”

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

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

it be Jason

few people more powerful than her family or

And it would take a lot of 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

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