In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 77 I Can Just Fight Back

Grace giggled with a hand on her mouth and glanced at Caleb. “Nothing. We weren’t talking about you at all.”

“You’d better not be trash–talking me,” Lydia warned.

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Caleb, who was usually a chatterbox, suddenly stopped talking. “I’m going out for some fresh air,” he said, putting on a distant attitude in front of Lydia.

When he walked outside, his smile gave way to a cold glare the moment he saw Benjamin standing there. Blocking the doorway, he said loudly, “You’re not welcome here.”

Benjamin gestured for Larry to hand Caleb a fruit basket. “Please give this to her.”

“Get out of here with that!” Caleb waved his hands dismissively. “Our Gracie doesn’t need shit like this from you.”

“Is she awake?” Benjamin didn’t really take Caleb seriously. A handsome guy with no substance like him wasn’t Grace’s type at all. But with Xander … Benjamin smelled a threat.

“She’s awake, and she’s fine. Now leave.” Lydia spoke up from behind Caleb and moved to block the doorway with him, forming a perfect blockade.

“Please take care of her, then,” Benjamin said, then left.

This angered Caleb so much that he yelled at his retreating figure, “We’re taking care of Gracie voluntarily, okay? You didn’t need to ask! Jerk!”

tugged on Caleb’s sleeve and whispered, “Pipe down. Grace needs to

answering, “You’re

their gazes met, they suddenly turned around

Hestia visited Grace and handed her a briefcase. “Xander asked me to

with money. She gripped them so tightly that her knuckles turned

playing the victim, but I didn’t expect her to be

took Hestia’s hand instead and said, “Don’t worry, Aunt Hestia. I’ll be fully recovered in

flashed in Grace’s eyes. “If she messes with me, I’ll just mess with her right

left Pamore Airport’s international arrivals terminal, she bumped right into Benjamin and

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Benjamin, smiling coldly. “You just had a brush with death, Ms. Lewis. Why didn’t you stay in the hospital for a

opportunity to kill this

Grace replied casually, making Yvonne’s smile freeze. Had she

driver had gone into hiding in a

on cue, a group of reporters swarmed them

you’re now trending online for that article about you hiring a hitman. What are

“Is it true?”

you to? Are you

had become a murderer after a few hours on a flight. She looked up at Benjamin, only

he asked, “What

best to remain calm, then yelled,

and two policemen emerged. The reporters quickly