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.

Mrs. Green helped her apply for it. That’s when Grace met Jacob, Mrs.

helped Grace with her studies. She was clever and studious, so

grandfather was very grateful to Mrs. Green, but he didn’t

Her grandfather swept the garden while Jacob and Grace did

to Grace’s grandfather, “Your little granddaughter is so beautiful and adorable. How about she

no, Jacob is too good. We don’t deserve him,” he rubbed his hands nervously and

blushed so much that he didn’t even dare to raise

university, her grandfather went back to the countryside. He didn’t let Grace

Grace saw him begging friends for money to cover her college

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

best grandfather that anyone could have asked for,

***

of the rich and powerful Stevens family. Suddenly, her

young man. Bless

her grandfather said the

should have beautiful dresses. My

collect junk to make money behind her

times. He was getting too old, and Grace

a winter

in

on the spot and was rushed

Lily’s dog. She said it was worth 70,000

Due to a fracture

so she went to Lily for compensation. It

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

of your idiot grandfather, I

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

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

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

car and wanted to drive away, but Jennifer chased after

She didn’t even try to escape. Her grandfather was in the hospital, but no one would listen

names. Grace hoped that at

the side of

had been in the ICU for 15

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

on the ice-cold ground and

either her grandfather… or her

in prison, Lily went to see

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

anything, he only followed his owner’s orders, and his

hated Grace because she was dating

in prison. She blamed herself for the death of her grandfather. Lily would’ve never

a dream that her grandfather came back to life, and he told her how she was a good girl. Grace knew then

any shinny hairpins or any nice dresses, and she most certainly wouldn’t want

wants is just to have her

***

Only then did she realize that she had been dreaming of what

at her

bones, her hands would never look or feel

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

and she had

were many fine movements that

more especially when it was

hands and

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a new

as she stood

the memories threatened to consume

more than just her freedom

Her

about was gone in an

most powerful families in the country. What’s more, she was the

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a

You don’t need anybody.

finished mopping

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

a glimpse of herself in a mirror on the wall. Her delicate face was slightly reddish due to the cold weather, and her mouth was pressed

was a student who had just graduated from college. But gone was that

seen how cruel the world could

that stared back at her were old,

the

for a few

to drift off

an eye on the time, she moved quickly and efficiently to clean the rest of the

life of a sanitation worker wasn’t glamorous, but after she left prison, this was the only job

about to leave, she heard a colleague watching the news on her