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 her intuitive

speculations.

this, Lina thought it was a bit ridiculous. “Isn’t he thinking too much

and raised her hand to look at the check she was holding.

to do 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

me you won’t be taking

“No. I won’t.”

just going to tear it up?” She

incredulous.

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

she sighed. “That prick

women laughed, and just like that, the painfulness of that

food court. It was so much like old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t happened, and it was just the two of them catching up after a long week of corporate

was no undoing the

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

back,”

had saved half her food and the full baklava dessert for Jay. She was eager to

the underground parking

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

good old-fashioned hatred. They all stopped talking when they saw Grace and Lina

suggested that they walk

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

and shook her head.

much as say another word to

it. “You’d punish me!? For this murderous

toward the escalator and was about to pass by them,

and the moving steps

in shock and quickly ran to

to press the emergency stop button.