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

corresponding images were especially publicized. In it, she was dressed flashily as she stood beside the rubbish piles, and next to

of many. They all accused her of being morally

‘rich bitch’ who watched while

find it. They have already been working hard sweeping the roads for the entire day. Why didn’t she look through the rubbish herself?”

everyone just

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

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

was a PR

negative comments online had increased and

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

shouted. “Offer

push 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

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

to pretend you didn’t just

struck a chord with her.

handled this

she hadn’t started this farce in the first place.

a situation like this again.” He was quiet for a moment. Then: “Lily, did you offend someone, I mean not the public

“Why do

you ask?”

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

I have offended?” She pondered over it. “I’m an Atkinson, and I’m engaged to Sean. Everybody else should

Could it be Jason

more

take a lot of power and money for her to be refused. The ones who were capable of hiding the truth from

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