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.

offered financial aid to students from poverty-stricken families, Grace’s teacher Mrs. Green helped her apply for it. That’s when

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

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

Her grandfather swept the garden while

granddaughter is so beautiful and adorable. How about she and Jacob make

deserve him,” he rubbed his hands nervously

that he didn’t even

university, her grandfather went back to the countryside. He

saw him begging friends for money to

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

the best grandfather that anyone could have asked for, but then…

***

year after law school, Grace started dating Sean of the rich and powerful Stevens family. Suddenly, her father wanted to be in her life again, all because of who she

a nice young man. Bless

was what her grandfather said the day she took Sean to meet

should have beautiful dresses. My pretty Grace should not wear

he continued to collect junk to make money behind

him not to, many times. He was getting too old, and

was a winter

in

on the spot

She said it was worth 70,000

ICU. Due to a fracture of the cervical spine and spinal damage, he

so she went to Lily for

arrogantly, “You are Sean’s girlfriend? You didn’t get money from him, so you came to me?” Lily had always liked Sean, but

of your idiot grandfather, I should

just a bunch of country bumpkin. You both deserve

didn’t hold back. She really couldn’t. So, she

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

and weak, so she got into her car and wanted to drive away, but Jennifer chased after her in her fancy convertible. That’s when

escape. Her

kept shouting Sean’s and Jacob’s names. Grace hoped that at least one of

were on the side of Jennifer and

she heard that her grandfather had been in

and he didn’t want to

on the ice-cold ground

either her grandfather… or her

locked up in prison, Lily went to see

“My dog has always been obedient. Guess

anything, he only followed his owner’s

Grace because

blamed herself for the death of her grandfather. Lily would’ve never harmed her grandfather if she

he told her how she was a good girl. Grace knew then it was

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

she wants is just to

***

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

looked down at her calloused

three years of imprisonment, and multiple fractures and broken bones, her hands would never look

hadn’t gone out of their way to reset her

had residual pain. I

many fine movements that she couldn’t

fingers hurt more especially when it was cold

her hands

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a new

the mantra as she stood

the memories threatened

lost more than just her freedom in that

future. Her boyfriend.

about was gone in

the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. What’s more, she was the fiancée of Jason Reed—the most

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a new

You don’t need anybody.

mopping the

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

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

you would think she was

how cruel the world

were old, far older, and duller than they

and rolled the cleaning supplies toward

down for a few

meant to

the time, she moved quickly

but after she left prison,

a colleague watching the news on