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.

was a bit ridiculous. “Isn’t

knows?” Grace shrugged and raised her hand to look at the

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 can do, after how he and that trash Lily treated you. But

be taking that to the

“No. I won’t.”

her head. “You’re just going to

incredulous.

who needs it,”

she sighed. “That prick will probably use it as a

that, the painfulness of that encounter

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

no

self-aware, she didn’t resent it.

head back,”

dessert for Jay. She was eager

the underground parking lot, they saw Sean, Zoe, and Lily again.

people were like a bad

trio looked miserable-various expressions of anger, disbelief and good old-fashioned hatred. They all

held Lina back and suggested that they walk around the long way, but

head and

glared and shook her head.

sister,” Sean warned. “If you so much as say another word to her again, I’ll have you

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

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

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

ran

to press the

already too late. Grace

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