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

speculations.

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

to look at the check she was

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

incredulous.

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

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

just like that, the painfulness of that

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

there was no undoing

more self-aware, she didn’t resent it. If not for everything in the past,

head back,” Grace

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

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

a bad

hatred. They all stopped talking when they saw Grace

almost held Lina back and suggested that

her head and keeping her

shook

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

believe it. “You’d punish me!? For this

quicker toward the escalator and was about to pass by them, Zoe suddenly stretched out her foot right in Grace’s

tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving steps caused

ran to

press the