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

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

they seemed.” She stared at Grace. “I

You should’ve stayed in

Claire argued. “That’s

business, Farrah. You can’t go

employee-”

a killer. Honestly, Claire, what, did your receive a bribe from Grace or something? Why

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

Lily.

her mouth, ready to

to it.

interrupted. “The car

that it was Chase

her the time of day. The fact that he was defending Grace instead of

“Chase, what’s the

up for Grace? Do you think she’ll like

is Sean Stevens? He’s

Stevens Corporation!”

abruptly

assault. “But when Sean

“You know,

looked at Farah coldly. “Are you

Are you trying to deny the fact that you were in jail or are you saying that you aren’t Sean’s ex-girlfriend?” Farah retorted proudly. “Why are you pretending to be

I dated before. Furthermore, I may be a sanitation worker now but does that mean I can’t have dated anyone before? Or is the role of a sanitation worker only to make someone throw up their

sanitation workers?”

offended many of the people here by bringing the sanitation aspect

of

position, that does not mean you can

profession.”