Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
Lily flipped on the tv. It showed aerial footage of the Sanitation Center and people sweeping the street and spraying it down where they’d emptied the dumpster to sort through the garbage.
Then the scene cut to security footage photos of her, with closeups of her hand.
“Police in the city launched this investigation in a matter of
hours. And they made a shocking discovery…’ the reporter said.
‘A composite of a series of security camera footage to prove that Lily had not lost a ring.’ The reporter shook her head at the camera. ‘It’s clear from the photos that she wasn’t wearing it. The cameras show that she had only been wearing a pinkie ring. Other than that, there had been no other ring.’ The reporter shrugged. “The ring in question was purported to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. She frowned. ‘Perhaps Miss Atkinson just misplaced it.’
At that line, the co-anchor arched a brow. “Oh, yes, Joann. I can see how hard it must be to keep track of millions of dollars of jewelry.”
The sarcasm was brutally effective.
In the blink of an eye, Lily was utterly hated on the internet. The fans who had originally defended her were powerless against such circumstances.
What else could they say? The police had already issued a detailed investigation report.
There was even a large number of fans declaring online that they were going to leave the fandom, and swore to hate Lily forever.
Meanwhile, several of Lily’s loyal fans expressed their disbelief and suspected that there had been a mistake made during one of the investigative stages.
Similarly, Lily was also skeptical.
The police had actually issued an investigative report, and yel she had found out about it at the same time as the other online users.
A shiver ran through Lily’s body. How could this be?!
Did it mean that the public image she had built up these past few years and the career she fought so hard for would be ruined in a day?
And yet, the worst had yet to come…
At the Reed Group, Jason’s personal secretary, Terrence directly called both the Atkinson and Stevens families to inform them of his employer’s non-attendance at their engagement dinner.
Everyone naturally associated it with Lily’s current negative press.
When Grace saw the police-issued investigation report, she was somewhat surprised.
She had not been expecting it to be released so quickly and that both Sean and Lily had been unable to brush this under the table.
“That Lily sure is detestable. That day, she wanted so many of us to look for the ring, and ultimately, she hadn’t really lost anything!?” In the Sanitation Service Center, everyone was wildly commenting on the incident.
“It’s no wonder this is going viral-she’s heinous.”
“But this really doesn’t make any sense. I mean, she’s such a huge celebrity, why would she claim that she lost a ring and want us to look for it?” Someone asked confusedly.
“She has nothing better to do.”
Claire pulled Grace aside and asked, “That day… I noticed Lily speaking with you for quite some time. Do you know her?”
Farah Steele, who happened to be walking past at that moment, heard the question and mockingly replied, “Claire, are you joking? Grace might know Lily, but how would Lily know Grace? She’s a socialite from a respected family.”
“But I saw Lily and Grace talking the day of the incident.”
“Maybe Grace offended Lily. That’s why such a huge celebrity would intentionally claim that she lost a ring,” Farah replied.
Then, she continued as if she had captured the culprit, “Well done, Grace. It turns out that you were the one who dragged everyone into looking through the rubbish with you.”
Farah persisted in finding fault with Grace because Chase had a crush on her.
“That’s not true nor is it fair,” Claire said. “Why would you blame this incident on Grace?”
Grace’s cold gaze swept across Farah. “So if someone is being deceitful, you don’t shame that person but blame someone else for hurting that deceitful person? Your perception of right and wrong sure is interesting.”
Farah’s face turned red and she had no way of refuting. She could only glare at Grace with hatred before stomping away.
In the Atkinson family mansion, Lily and her father stood with bated breath in the large hall as they waited for Jason.
“You immature girl, how could you have stirred up such trouble? Grace is currently just a sanitation worker. There’s such a huge difference in both of your social standings. What is there to compare?” Harold blamed his daughter.
“Why did she have to murder my sister? If it weren’t for her, Jason wouldn’t have taken his anger out on the Stevens family. It’s all her fault! And what about the projection ads that Sean commissioned -did you forget about those? Jason Reed had all of those taken down too!” Lily shouted.
Harold’s expression shifted. His lips moved slightly but he ultimately remained silent.
This is an amazing story!
Interesting, pls more chapter,, I’m eager to know how grace discover Jason true identity
Please add more chapters. Need to see what Hatoyama with Jason and Grace
Need to know how this story ends!
As much as I elated for what happen to Lily, I worried this might come biting back to Grace as they keep mentioning how all these are her fault that Jason mad at Lily & Sean due to Jennifer’s death🫣🫣🫣😱😱😱 Please author, don’t let Grace suffer more than she already is😩😩😩
I can’t wait to read if she will reopen her case. Like this novel.
Pleaseadd more chapters and let us see how things go for Jason and Grace