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

knows?” Grace shrugged and raised her hand to look at the check she was holding.

up?” she asked. “Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see you spend

me you won’t be taking that

“No. I won’t.”

head. “You’re just going to tear

incredulous.

who needs it,” Grace answered and carefully put the check into

it!” Then she sighed. “That prick

the painfulness of that

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

no undoing the

she didn’t resent it.

head back,”

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

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

a bad rash that just wouldn’t go away!

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

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

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

shook

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

“You’d punish

escalator and was about to pass by them, Zoe suddenly stretched out her foot right in Grace’s

forward, and the

and quickly ran to the side of the

the emergency

so, it was already too late. Grace had rolled

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