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!

going through the trash looking for it, there was more than enough

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

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

watched while

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

she’s better than everyone just because she’s

is she to hog the city’s resources? She doesn’t pay the sanitation workers’ salaries. Why

clear their idol’s name, 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 uploaded them online.

was a PR nightmare!

down?” Lily saw that the negative comments online had

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

absurd!” Lily shouted. “Offer them more

too hard because that could blow up in our faces. We don’t want them to start saying that we’re trying to 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. “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 go buy a new one-it would’ve cost a

could’ve spun this way better, if you’d rewarded those poor people or if

pretend you didn’t just run your mouth

words struck a chord with her.

could’ve handled this better.

hadn’t started this farce in

again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend

“Why do

you ask?”

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

it. “I’m an Atkinson, and I’m

Could it be Jason

few people more

money for her to be refused. The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from the masses and who would be