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,” Grace voiced her intuitive

speculations.

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

Grace shrugged and raised her hand to look at the

are you going to 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

taking that to

“No. I won’t.”

head. “You’re just going to tear

incredulous.

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

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

laughed, and just like that, the painfulness of that

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

no

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

back,”

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

the underground parking lot, they

bad rash that just wouldn’t

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

pause where she almost held Lina back and suggested that

head and keeping her eyes straight ahead.

shook her head.

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

couldn’t believe it. “You’d punish me!? For this murderous

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

She pitched forward, and the moving

shock and quickly ran

the emergency stop