My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 50

Just then, Farah Steele walked over, glanced briefly at Grace with unmasked contempt, and said, “Honestly, Claire, why are you talking to her?” Before Claire could reply, she went on, “This woman has been to jail! She’s taken a woman’s life!”

“Farah, we’re all colleagues. And there are privacy issues to

consider-”

“It isn’t ‘private’ if it’s all over the internet.”

She had a point.

“Why are you defending her, Claire? Grace went to jail for drunken, reckless driving. She killed someone!”

“That’s not fair, Farrah. People make mistakes, accidents happen

Claire had barely started speaking when Farah interrupted her

again. “But the person she killed was Jennifer Atkinson. Do you know who Jennifer Atkinson is? She’s Lily Atkinson’s sister! It was no coincidence that Lily was here. I was wondering why Lily wanted so many of our colleagues to look for a non-existent ring. But it’s all clear now! It was because she was targeting Grace and we all got dragged into it.”

“But didn’t she also apologize and compensate us?” Claire asked. “Farrah, that compensation is half of what many of us make in a

year.”

Farah sputtered. Her mouth turned down and her eyes narrowed. She was clearly not pleased with Claire standing up for Grace.

“I knew you would take her side,” she said. “When I told the

others…”

So it was obvious who had been the one to leak the news of

Grace’s imprisonment. No surprise there. Farrah had never made

being friendly with

it…when I saw her on the roadside talking to Sean and

was like, wait for a second, this isn’t right!? I

seemed.” She

yourself. You should’ve stayed in prison.

“That’s enough of

of your business, Farrah.

employee-”

a bribe from

also took a step back. She had, indeed, accepted the jacket

Lily.

opened her mouth, ready to defend herself,

her to it.

man’s voice interrupted. “The car crash was an accident. Grace didn’t intend to do

it was Chase defending

angered Farah more. Farrah was interested in Chase, but he wouldn’t give her the time of day. The fact that he was

uglier. “Chase, what’s

up for Grace? Do you think she’ll like you? Do you

ex-boyfriend is Sean Stevens? He’s the heir to the

Stevens Corporation!”

abruptly flushed

assault. “But when Sean saw Grace

“You know, I’m

coldly. “Are

jail or are you saying that you aren’t Sean’s ex-girlfriend?” Farah retorted proudly. “Why are you pretending to be so innocent when you’ve been

taxes and I’ve served my time. And I don’t think it’s any of your business who I dated before. Furthermore, I may be a sanitation worker now but does that mean

sanitation workers?”

She’d offended many of

of

employee in a management position, that does not mean you can

profession.”