My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Prologue

The day Grace was released from prison, two men were waiting for her.

One of them sent her to prison, and the other one convicted her.

The snow was very heavy that day. They looked like two snowmen waiting outside the prison.

Grace vowed in her heart, she’d make everyone pay their price.

***

“Grace, get yourself a job and be a good person out there.”

The prison guard opened the gate and told her so.

Grace nodded. Through the iron bar on the prison window, she saw two black cars parked out of the gate. Waiting for her.

They were Jacob’s Benz G-Wagon and Sean’s Porsche Panamera.

Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads. Jacob and Sean were standing quietly in front of their cars.

Sean held a black umbrella and stared at the gate. Jacob kept looking at his watch.

One of them was Grace’s ex-boyfriend, and the other one was her childhood best friend.

How affectionate and caring they looked! If they hadn’t sent Grace to prison and told the other inmates to “take good care” of her, maybe she would be moved to tears.

Five years ago, Grace went to confront Lily Atkinson, and her sister Jennifer Atkinson was also there. In an unfortunate turn of events, Jennifer Atkinson died. Although it was a terrible accident, the court still decided to sentence Grace to three years in prison.

Lily dragged her sister’s lifeless body out of the car and called the police. Sean arrived soon after.

“Sean, your girlfriend killed my sister!” Lily sat on the ground and cried out.

Sean’s first reaction was to push Grace down onto the ground in case she ran away.

But Grace was already too weak to resist because she’d also been hurt. What’s more… she was pregnant with Sean’s baby.

“How could you be so evil?!” When Jacob rushed over, his eyes were blood shot as he questioned Grace.

Before Grace could explain to the two most important men in her life, she was handcuffed by the police.

In court, Lily’s lawyer was Jacob, Grace’s childhood best friend, another blow to her heart.

Jacob blamed everything on Grace. She was convicted of reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

“Grace, you deserve this. People have to pay for their mistakes,” he said.

When Grace first got into prison, she was beaten constantly. She was beaten in places without security cameras and had her nails pulled out. She was yanked by the hair and pressed into toilets. Her back was always being kicked, and it was bruised all the time.

They even broke the bones in her finger, one by one.

At first, Grace didn’t know why. She was always stubborn and didn’t cry when they hit her.

But after a while, Grace found out why they picked on her exclusively. Grace sucked up to one of the female bosses in prison. She would wash her feet, give her massages, and even do her laundry. Finally, she gained the trust of the female boss, and she told Grace why.

“Girl, you poor little thing. Someone paid us to beat you.”

Grace knew who it was then in that instant. Sean.

This was the man who ordered two hundred drones to spell out “I LOVE YOU” in the night sky when he was pursuing her.

He said, “Grace, I will protect you from now on.”

***

Upon seeing their cars outside the prison gates, Grace begged the prison guard to let her leave from the back door, to avoid seeing either of their faces.

Besides, what if they were still angry with her and wanted to take their revenge?

I am nothing compared to them. I can’t afford to provoke them, but at least I can hide. Grace thought to herself.

In a trance, Grace remembered her confrontation with Lily. Lily stood in front of Grace while holding her dog and shouted, “My dog is worth 70,000 dollars. How much is your grandfather’s life worth?”

When Grace was three, her mother died and her father remarried. He abandoned her so her grandfather raised her all by himself.

Her grandfather worked night and day collecting junk and empty bottles for recycling.

When Grace was in junior high, she moved to the city from the countryside and lived in a small rental apartment. Her grandfather told her that they could make more money in the city because there was more junk to collect.

But Grace knew the true reason why her grandfather wanted her to go to school in the city.

The children in the city had shiny hairpins, and Grace wanted them too.

Grace’s grandfather once stood outside a small accessories store for hours, then he finally went inside to buy the expensive shiny hairpin for Grace.

poverty-stricken families, Grace’s teacher Mrs. Green helped her apply for it. That’s when Grace met Jacob, Mrs. Green’s son, whom she asked

with her studies. She was

grateful to Mrs. Green, but he didn’t have any

cottage. Her grandfather swept the garden while Jacob and Grace did their homework and played in the

grandfather, “Your little granddaughter is so beautiful and adorable. How about

is too good. We don’t deserve him,” he rubbed his hands

that he didn’t even dare

went back to the countryside. He

Grace saw him begging friends for money to cover her

that she would grow

anyone could have asked for, but then…

***

Suddenly, her father wanted to be in

young man.

her grandfather said the day she took Sean to

big girl should have beautiful dresses. My pretty Grace should not

junk to make money

to, many times. He was getting

a winter

tackled by an unleashed dog in the park

spot and was rushed to

was Lily’s dog. She said

day, Grace’s grandpa was sent to the ICU. Due to a

the hospital, so she went to Lily for compensation. It was her dog after

get money from him, so you came to me?” Lily had always liked Sean, but he was dating Grace

your idiot grandfather, I

grandpa are just a bunch of country bumpkin. You both deserve to

back. She really couldn’t. So, she slapped Lily across

and Grace started to fight. Jennifer, who was Lily’s sister,

car and wanted to drive away, but Jennifer chased after her in her fancy convertible. That’s

was arrested by the police. She didn’t even try to escape. Her grandfather was in the

Grace hoped that at least one

the side of

had been in

didn’t want to be a burden to Grace so he

day, Grace was lying on the ice-cold

save either her grandfather… or

was locked up in prison, Lily went

whispered to Grace, “My dog has always been obedient. Guess why

followed his owner’s

hated Grace because she

prison. She blamed herself for

that her grandfather came back to life, and he told her how she was a good girl. Grace knew then it was just a dream because she was not a good girl like

hairpins or any nice dresses, and

she wants is

***

that she had been dreaming of what had happened all those years

down at her

and broken bones, her hands

hadn’t gone out of their way

and she had residual pain. I was nerve

fine movements that she couldn’t perform

fingers hurt more especially when it was

her hands and breathed

It’s okay. You’re okay.

is a

as she stood up and

the memories threatened to

more than just her freedom in that

future. Her boyfriend. Her

and everything she’d cared about

whom she’d accidentally killed was the daughter of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a new

You don’t need anybody.

mopping the

wearing the bright-colored work suit of a sanitation worker with her long hair tied into a simple

delicate face was slightly reddish

look at her face, you would think she was a student who had just graduated from college.

seen how cruel the

at her were old, far older, and duller than

rolled the cleaning supplies

down for a few

to drift off

time, she moved quickly and efficiently to

of a sanitation worker wasn’t glamorous, but after she

about to leave, she heard a colleague