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

Family,” Grace voiced her

speculations.

ridiculous. “Isn’t he thinking too much into it?”

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

Are you going to tear it up?” she asked. “Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see you spend it on yourself. It’s the

be taking that to the bank.”

“No. I won’t.”

going to tear it

incredulous.

who needs it,” Grace

it!” Then she sighed. “That prick will probably use it as a tax

like that, the painfulness of

shared several small dishes in the mall food court. It was so much like old times! Grace

there was no undoing

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

back,” Grace

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

they were about to enter the escalator to the underground

were like a bad rash that just

expressions of anger, disbelief and good old-fashioned hatred. They all stopped talking when they saw

had a moment’s pause where she almost held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the long way, but

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

glared and shook her

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

couldn’t believe it. “You’d punish me!?

the escalator and was about to pass by them, Zoe suddenly stretched

guard and tripped. She pitched forward, and the

shock and quickly ran to the side of the

press the emergency stop button.