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.

this, Lina thought it was a bit ridiculous. “Isn’t he thinking too

to look at the

me wrong, I’d love to see you spend it on yourself. It’s the least that piece of shit can do, after how he and that trash

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

“No. I won’t.”

her head. “You’re just going to tear it up?” She

incredulous.

just donate it to someone who needs it,” Grace answered

she sighed. “That prick will

women laughed, and just like that, the painfulness of that encounter was forgotten.

so much like old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t

no undoing the past.

self-aware, she didn’t resent it. If not for everything in the past, she wouldn’t have

back,” Grace

had saved half her food and the full baklava dessert for Jay. She was

about to enter the escalator to the underground parking lot, they

were like a bad rash that

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

she almost held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the long way, but she didn’t want to appear

lead, lifting her head and keeping her eyes straight ahead.

and shook her head.

“If you so much as say another word to

punish me!? For

quicker toward the escalator and was about to pass by them, Zoe

She pitched forward, and the moving steps

quickly ran

the emergency stop button.

late. Grace had rolled down a lot of

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