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

harm to the Stevens Family,” Grace voiced her intuitive

speculations.

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

shrugged and raised her hand to look at the

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

taking that

“No. I won’t.”

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

incredulous.

to someone who needs it,” Grace answered and carefully put the check

she sighed. “That prick

just like that, the painfulness of that encounter was forgotten.

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

there was no

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

head back,”

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

they were about to enter the escalator to the underground parking lot, they saw Sean, Zoe,

bad rash that just wouldn’t

They all stopped talking

Lina back and suggested that they walk around the long

Lina’s lead, lifting her head and

shook her

Sean warned. “If you so much as say

punish me!?

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

and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving steps

in shock and quickly ran to the side

the emergency stop button.