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

at school. He occasionally helped Grace with her studies. She was clever and studious, so

to Mrs. Green, but he didn’t have any money, so he offered to help tend her

Green lived in a small cottage. Her grandfather swept the garden while Jacob and Grace

is so beautiful and adorable. How about she and Jacob make a cute

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

didn’t even

Grace was accepted by a top university, her grandfather went back to the countryside. He didn’t let

begging friends for money to

everything. Grace vowed in her heart that she would grow up to be

the best grandfather that anyone could

***

Suddenly, her father wanted to be in her life again,

nice young man.

the day she took Sean to meet

should have beautiful dresses. My pretty Grace should not wear shabby clothes,”

junk to make

getting too

winter three

was tackled by an unleashed dog in the park when he

spot

said it was worth

grandpa was sent to the ICU. Due to a fracture of the cervical spine

so she went

from him, so you came

leg is broken because of your idiot grandfather, I should be the one

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

She really couldn’t. So, she slapped Lily

to fight. Jennifer, who was Lily’s sister, saw this and came to

car and wanted to drive away,

to escape. Her grandfather was in the hospital, but no one

Grace hoped that at least one of them could

the side of Jennifer

was detained, she heard that her grandfather had been in the ICU for 15 days and

he became paralyzed for life, and he didn’t want to be a burden to Grace so he committed

on the ice-cold

her grandfather… or

Grace was locked up in prison, Lily went

always been

dog didn’t know anything, he only followed his owner’s orders,

because she was

herself for the death of her grandfather.

came back to life, and he told her how she was a good girl. Grace knew then it was just a

shinny hairpins or any nice

thing she wants is just to have

***

then did she realize that she had been dreaming of

looked down at

and multiple fractures and broken bones, her hands would never look or feel the same

fingernails had grown back, but the prison doctors hadn’t gone out of

had residual

many fine movements that she couldn’t perform

fingers hurt more especially when it was cold

hands

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a

mantra as she stood up and

memories threatened

just her

Her boyfriend.

cared about was gone in

and most powerful families in

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a new

You don’t need anybody.

finished mopping

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

on the wall. Her delicate face was slightly reddish due to the cold weather, and her mouth was pressed into a

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

cruel the world could

stared back at her were old, far older, and duller than they

sighed and rolled the cleaning supplies toward

few minutes had

meant to drift

time, she moved quickly and efficiently

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

she heard a colleague watching the news on her