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,”

speculations.

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

Grace shrugged and raised her hand to look at the check

tear it up?” she asked. “Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see you spend it on yourself. It’s the least that piece of shit can do, after how he and that trash Lily treated

you won’t be taking that to

“No. I won’t.”

shook her head. “You’re just going

incredulous.

needs it,” Grace

sighed. “That prick will probably use it as a tax

and just like that, the

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, and it was just the two of them catching up after a long

there was no undoing the past.

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

back,”

food and the full baklava dessert for Jay.

enter the escalator to the underground parking lot, they saw Sean,

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

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

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

lifting her head

and shook her head.

think about it, sister,” Sean warned. “If you so much as say another word

it. “You’d punish me!? For

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

and the

and quickly ran to the side of

press the