My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 76

Grace took the check and left the store with Lina.

There was cursing and muttering and she could only imagine how the store personnel would gossip-and she didn’t care.

She’d meant to get under their skin. It was petty and

unnecessary and she’d only wanted Sean to feel shameful for

a few brief seconds.

But he’d called her bluff and carried through with it.

And Sean wasn’t a wealthy man by accident. He was very stingy-when he wasn’t trying to outdo himself for

appearances.

“Grace, don’t you think it’s a little weird?” As soon as they walked out of the store, Lina said, “Sean wrote you a huge check and gave it to you without hesitation. Lily was present too! Isn’t he afraid his ‘fiancee’ will lose her shit?”

“It is quite strange,” Grace said neutrally.

“Uh, does Sean still like you?” Lina ventured.

Grace shrugged. “No, I don’t think that’s it.”

“Grace, he just spent an obscene amount of money on you.”

“True. But I don’t think it’s affection that prompted it. I don’t even think it’s ego. Sean’s too cheap for that. I think it’s fear.

It seems that he is afraid that I will get mad at Zoe and then

Stevens Family,” Grace voiced

speculations.

bit ridiculous. “Isn’t he thinking too

hand to look

“Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see

be taking that to the

“No. I won’t.”

head. “You’re just going to tear it up?” She was

incredulous.

it up? I’ll just donate it to someone who needs it,”

Then she sighed. “That prick will probably use it as a tax write-off.”

and just like that, the painfulness of

around for a while, and shared several small dishes in the mall food court. It was so much like old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t happened,

was no

resent it. If not for everything in the past, she wouldn’t have come

head back,”

saved half her food and the full baklava dessert for Jay. She

escalator to the underground parking lot, they

bad rash

miserable-various expressions of anger, disbelief and good old-fashioned hatred. They all stopped talking when they saw Grace and Lina approaching the

almost held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the long

Lina’s lead, lifting her head and keeping her eyes

shook her

think about it, sister,” Sean warned. “If you so much as say another word to her again, I’ll have

couldn’t believe it. “You’d punish

was about to pass by them, Zoe suddenly stretched out her foot right in Grace’s path.

was caught off guard and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving steps caused her to tumble

screamed in shock and quickly ran to the side of the

press the emergency stop