My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 76

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

Family,” Grace

speculations.

this, Lina thought it was a bit ridiculous.

to look at the check she was holding.

with that anyway? Are you going to tear it up?” she asked. “Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see you spend it on

taking that to

“No. I won’t.”

just going to tear it

incredulous.

who needs it,”

“That’s more like it!” Then she sighed. “That prick will probably use it as a

just like that, the

shared several small dishes in the mall food court. It was so much like old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last

was no undoing

she was now, stronger and more self-aware, she didn’t resent it. If not for everything in the

back,” Grace said.

food and the full baklava dessert for Jay. She was eager to take it home to him.

the escalator to the underground parking lot, they

people were like a bad rash that just wouldn’t go

They

back and suggested that they walk around the long way, but she didn’t want to

her head and keeping her eyes straight

glared and shook her head.

as say

believe it. “You’d punish me!?

pass by

caught off guard and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving

and quickly ran to the

the

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