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!”

sleeve and whispered, “Pipe

“You’re

gazes met, they suddenly turned around and stopped

was dinnertime, Hestia visited Grace and handed her a briefcase.

Grace opened it, she saw photos of Yvonne paying someone with money. She gripped them so tightly that her

knew was throwing tantrums and playing the victim, but I didn’t expect her to

took Grace’s hand, she still trembled with fear. So Grace took Hestia’s hand instead and said, “Don’t worry, Aunt Hestia.

with me,

few days later, when Grace left Pamore Airport’s international arrivals terminal,

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hand on her belly and leaned against Benjamin, smiling coldly. “You just had a brush with death, Ms. Lewis. Why

a perfect opportunity to kill this woman.

Yvonne’s smile freeze.

gone into hiding in

a group of reporters swarmed them and almost poked Yvonne’s eyes out

online for that article about you hiring a hitman. What are your thoughts on

“Is it true?”

police asked you

few hours on a flight. She looked up at Benjamin,

asked,

then yelled, ” Which news outlet are you from? I’m suing you

car stopped, and two policemen emerged. The reporters quickly stepped