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.

to look at the

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 shit

won’t be taking that to the

“No. I won’t.”

shook her head. “You’re just going to tear it

incredulous.

who needs it,” Grace answered and carefully put

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

like that, the painfulness of

old times! Grace could almost imagine that the last few years hadn’t happened, and it was just

was no undoing the past.

didn’t resent

head back,” Grace said.

the full baklava dessert for

to enter the escalator to the underground parking lot, they

bad

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

Lina back and suggested that they walk around the

Lina’s lead, lifting her head and keeping

shook her head.

so much as say another word to her again, I’ll have you

“You’d punish me!? For this murderous bitch!?”

the escalator and was about to pass by them, Zoe suddenly

and tripped. She pitched forward, and the moving

and quickly ran to the side

the emergency stop

too late. Grace had rolled down a lot of

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