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

knew it…when I saw her on the

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

seemed.” She

should’ve stayed in prison.

argued. “That’s enough of

none of your business, Farrah. You

employee-”

a bribe from Grace or something?

She had, indeed, accepted

Lily.

ready to defend herself, but

her to it.

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

was Chase defending

wouldn’t give her the time of day. The fact that he was defending Grace instead of taking

expression turned uglier. “Chase, what’s the point of

you think she’ll like you? Do you

Sean Stevens? He’s

Stevens Corporation!”

abruptly flushed

“But

continued, “You

at Farah coldly. “Are you

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 so innocent when you’ve been to

I’ve been to jail? I’ve paid my 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 I can’t have dated anyone before? Or is the role

sanitation workers?”

eyed the room warily. She’d offended many of the people here by

succession of questions. “Farah Steele, just

a management position, that does not mean you can look down on

profession.”