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!

and the sanitation workers going through the

images were especially publicized. In it, she was dressed flashily as she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next to her were several sanitation workers bent over the trash looking for the

all accused her

who watched while others

workers to find it. They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she look through

everyone just because she’s a

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

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 uploaded

was a PR

taken down?” Lily saw that the negative comments online had

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

Lily shouted. “Offer

trying to buy them. or silence them. Free speech and all that.” There was some rustling on the other end of the

spending now on damage control. Damn it, Lily, you could’ve spun this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or

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

words struck a chord

could’ve handled this better.

if she hadn’t started this farce

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 the public or those workers today? I

“Why do

you ask?”

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

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

Could it be

very few people more powerful than

refused. The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from the masses and who would be able to influence those key