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

to the Stevens Family,”

speculations.

it was a bit ridiculous. “Isn’t he thinking

hand to look at the check

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 yourself. It’s the least that piece of shit can do, after how he and that trash Lily treated you. But something

me you won’t be taking

“No. I won’t.”

“You’re just going to tear

incredulous.

needs it,” Grace answered and carefully put the check into

“That’s more like it!” Then she sighed. “That prick

laughed, and just like that, the painfulness of that

Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t happened, and it was just the two of them catching up

no undoing the past.

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

back,” Grace

baklava dessert for Jay. She

the escalator to the underground

like a bad rash that

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

she almost held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the

lifting her head and

and shook

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

believe it. “You’d punish

pass by them, Zoe suddenly stretched out her foot right in

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

ran to the

press the emergency stop button.