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!”

Caleb’s sleeve and whispered, “Pipe down. Grace

“You’re right,

met, they suddenly turned around

handed her a briefcase. “Xander asked

photos of Yvonne paying someone with money. She gripped them so tightly that her knuckles

throwing tantrums and playing the victim, but I didn’t

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

with me, I’ll just mess

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

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

missed such a perfect opportunity to kill this woman.

Yvonne’s smile freeze.

the driver had gone into hiding in a whole other country. This was

reporters swarmed them and almost

you’re now trending online for that article about you hiring

“Is it true?”

you to? Are you confident

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

he asked, “What

Benjamin.” Yvonne tried her best to remain calm, then yelled, ” Which

police car stopped, and two policemen emerged.