In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 58 Drop Your Nice Act

“Frederick didn’t mean it. He misunderstood you, so stop arguing with him.” The frustration was overwhelming for Benjamin, who had chased after Grace and pulled at her arm.

Grace snatched her arm away. “How nice of you to speak for your friend, Mr. Hawkins. What right do you have to tell me to stop?”

Benjamin glanced at Zoey and Emily behind Grace, both of whom were giving him hostile looks.

“Can’t you be a bigger person and let us talk nicely as friends?”

A smile slowly formed on Grace’s lips, her narrowing eyes devoid of emotion. “You’re an ex who is dead to me, not some friend.”

While Benjamin had heard such a rejection before, he still couldn’t deal with it calmly.

He said curtly, “The apology statement will be released tomorrow morning. I will make him take down the post later.”

“Stop being hypocritical. They’re treating me like this because you allowed them to, didn’t you?”

“Me?” Benjamin frowned deeply, obviously disagreeing with her words.

Grace’s surly expression was filled with disappointment, her eyes fixed on him.

“It was your repeated inaction that made them think I’m a pushover who they can do

whatever they want with. Why are you pretending to be a nice person now?

“Susan and Celia’s apparent contempt toward me is nothing compared to Frederick’s blatant slander. Your hypocrisy makes me disgusted.”

never cared about Grace’s situation back when she had lived with his

had simply assumed everything was just as peaceful as it seemed

her. They didn’t have children, something

about. Yet not once had he mentioned

his friends, they would talk badly about Grace in front of him, but he had never taken them seriously, and that led to their growing disdain

Benjamín felt incredibly

calmly as the unspoken pain in her heart slowly faded. “Even without your interference, I have many ways

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then walked away,

said, “What songs do you want to

asked worriedly,

can’t feel any

feeling it, we can leave now.” Zoey, who normally didn’t display much emotion, was showing

in response. “He’s not worth

babe feel down over such trivial matters? We should be having fun tonight.” Emily dragged the two of them into the

not leaving

Grace was in her office, attentively reading a report, while

against Morgan Bank and successfully acquiring a listed

it’s our luck to have recruited

he managed to secure it. I was so excited that I couldn’t fall asleep last

The result is excellent.”

an unknown number that read, “See yoù

eyebrow upon realizing it was

break their promise. However, she .had to

Grace packed her belongings and left promptly. As soon as she