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.

ridiculous. “Isn’t

raised her hand to look at the check she was holding.

see you spend it on yourself. It’s the least that piece of shit can do, after how he and that trash Lily treated you.

you won’t be taking

“No. I won’t.”

going to tear it up?”

incredulous.

donate it to someone who needs

“That’s more like it!” Then she sighed. “That prick will probably use it as a

the painfulness of

old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t happened, and it was just the two of them catching up after a long week of

no undoing the

resent it. If not for everything in

head back,” Grace

baklava dessert for Jay. She was

the escalator to the underground parking lot, they saw Sean, Zoe, and

like a bad rash that just wouldn’t go

miserable-various expressions of anger, disbelief and good old-fashioned hatred. They all stopped talking when they saw Grace and

suggested that they walk around the long way, but she didn’t want to appear

followed Lina’s lead, lifting her head and keeping her eyes

glared and shook her head.

as say another word to

couldn’t believe it. “You’d punish me!? For this murderous

pass by them, Zoe suddenly

caught off guard and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving steps caused her to tumble and fall.

and quickly ran

to press the emergency stop

was already too late. Grace had rolled down a lot

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