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

it…when I saw her on the roadside

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

She stared at Grace.

should’ve stayed in

“That’s enough of that talk.

of your business, Farrah. You can’t go harassing another

employee-”

Claire, what, did your receive a bribe from Grace or something? Why are you standing

She had, indeed, accepted the jacket and payment Grace received from

Lily.

mouth, ready to

to

else is there to say?” A man’s voice interrupted. “The car crash was an accident. Grace didn’t intend to do it.”

it was Chase defending her.

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

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

Grace? Do you think she’ll like you?

ex-boyfriend is Sean Stevens? He’s the

Stevens Corporation!”

face abruptly

assault. “But

appetite.” She clicked her tongue and continued, “You know, I’m thinking he’ll probably vomit in disgust when he thinks about dating Grace in the

Farah coldly. “Are 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

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 of a sanitation worker only to make someone throw up their dinner? Just what are

sanitation workers?”

She’d offended many of the people here by bringing the sanitation aspect

of

a management position, that does not mean you can

profession.”