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!

the sanitation workers going through the trash looking for it, there was more than enough fodder to keep people

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

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

bitch’ who watched while

online who stated, “She 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 look through the rubbish

just because she’s a

the city’s resources? She doesn’t pay the sanitation workers’ salaries. Why does she need

they were unable to curb those negative comments. There had been plenty of people at the scene and many of them had recorded videos of the incident and

was a

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

reaching out and asking them to stop posting. We’re offering to compensate them. But they just aren’t willing to take down all of the

is absurd!” Lily shouted.

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 and

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

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

struck a chord

handled this

if she hadn’t started this farce

for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean not the public or

“Why do

you ask?”

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

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

froze. Could it be Jason

more powerful than her

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 them.

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