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,”

speculations.

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

her hand to look at the check she was

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

me you won’t be taking that to the bank.”

“No. I won’t.”

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

incredulous.

needs it,” Grace answered and carefully put

Then she sighed. “That prick will

and just like that, the painfulness of that encounter was

much like old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t

there was no undoing the

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

head back,” Grace said.

the full baklava dessert for

underground parking

like a bad rash that

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

moment’s pause where she almost held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the long way, but she didn’t want

her head and

shook

sister,” Sean warned. “If you so much as say another word to her again,

punish

by them,

off guard and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving steps caused her

and quickly ran to the side of the

the emergency