Chapter 76

Grace took the check and left the store with Lina.

There was cursing and muttering and she could only imagine how the store personnel would gossip-and she didn’t care.

She’d meant to get under their skin. It was petty and

unnecessary and she’d only wanted Sean to feel shameful for

a few brief seconds.

But he’d called her bluff and carried through with it.

And Sean wasn’t a wealthy man by accident. He was very stingy-when he wasn’t trying to outdo himself for

appearances.

“Grace, don’t you think it’s a little weird?” As soon as they walked out of the store, Lina said, “Sean wrote you a huge check and gave it to you without hesitation. Lily was present too! Isn’t he afraid his ‘fiancee’ will lose her shit?”

“It is quite strange,” Grace said neutrally.

“Uh, does Sean still like you?” Lina ventured.

Grace shrugged. “No, I don’t think that’s it.”

“Grace, he just spent an obscene amount of money on you.”

“True. But I don’t think it’s affection that prompted it. I don’t even think it’s ego. Sean’s too cheap for that. I think it’s fear.

It seems that he is afraid that I will get mad at Zoe and then

do harm to the Stevens Family,” Grace voiced her intuitive

speculations.

thought it was a bit ridiculous. “Isn’t he thinking too much into it?”

raised her hand to look at the check she

to do with that anyway? Are you going to tear it up?” she asked. “Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see you spend it on yourself. It’s the least that piece of

you won’t be taking that to the bank.”

“No. I won’t.”

head. “You’re just going

incredulous.

who needs it,” Grace answered and carefully

“That prick will probably use it as

laughed, and just like that, the painfulness of that encounter

mall food court. It was so much like old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few

no undoing the

be who she was now, stronger and more self-aware, she didn’t resent it. If not for everything in the

back,”

and the full baklava dessert for Jay. She was eager to take it

about to enter the escalator to the underground parking lot, they saw Sean, Zoe, and Lily again.

a bad rash that just wouldn’t

anger, disbelief and good old-fashioned hatred. They all stopped talking when they saw Grace and Lina

held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the

lead, lifting her head and keeping

shook her head.

so much as say another

punish me!?

walked quicker toward the escalator and was about to pass by them, Zoe suddenly stretched out

guard and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving steps

in shock and quickly ran to the side

to press the

so, it was already too late. Grace had

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