My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict

Chapter 1

Prologue

The day Grace was released from prison, two men were waiting for her.

One of them sent her to prison, and the other one convicted her.

The snow was very heavy that day. They looked like two snowmen waiting outside the prison.

Grace vowed in her heart, she’d make everyone pay their price.

***

“Grace, get yourself a job and be a good person out there.”

The prison guard opened the gate and told her so.

Grace nodded. Through the iron bar on the prison window, she saw two black cars parked out of the gate. Waiting for her.

They were Jacob’s Benz G-Wagon and Sean’s Porsche Panamera.

Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads. Jacob and Sean were standing quietly in front of their cars.

Sean held a black umbrella and stared at the gate. Jacob kept looking at his watch.

One of them was Grace’s ex-boyfriend, and the other one was her childhood best friend.

How affectionate and caring they looked! If they hadn’t sent Grace to prison and told the other inmates to “take good care” of her, maybe she would be moved to tears.

Five years ago, Grace went to confront Lily Atkinson, and her sister Jennifer Atkinson was also there. In an unfortunate turn of events, Jennifer Atkinson died. Although it was a terrible accident, the court still decided to sentence Grace to three years in prison.

Lily dragged her sister’s lifeless body out of the car and called the police. Sean arrived soon after.

“Sean, your girlfriend killed my sister!” Lily sat on the ground and cried out.

Sean’s first reaction was to push Grace down onto the ground in case she ran away.

But Grace was already too weak to resist because she’d also been hurt. What’s more… she was pregnant with Sean’s baby.

“How could you be so evil?!” When Jacob rushed over, his eyes were blood shot as he questioned Grace.

Before Grace could explain to the two most important men in her life, she was handcuffed by the police.

In court, Lily’s lawyer was Jacob, Grace’s childhood best friend, another blow to her heart.

Jacob blamed everything on Grace. She was convicted of reckless driving and involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

“Grace, you deserve this. People have to pay for their mistakes,” he said.

When Grace first got into prison, she was beaten constantly. She was beaten in places without security cameras and had her nails pulled out. She was yanked by the hair and pressed into toilets. Her back was always being kicked, and it was bruised all the time.

They even broke the bones in her finger, one by one.

At first, Grace didn’t know why. She was always stubborn and didn’t cry when they hit her.

But after a while, Grace found out why they picked on her exclusively. Grace sucked up to one of the female bosses in prison. She would wash her feet, give her massages, and even do her laundry. Finally, she gained the trust of the female boss, and she told Grace why.

“Girl, you poor little thing. Someone paid us to beat you.”

Grace knew who it was then in that instant. Sean.

This was the man who ordered two hundred drones to spell out “I LOVE YOU” in the night sky when he was pursuing her.

He said, “Grace, I will protect you from now on.”

***

Upon seeing their cars outside the prison gates, Grace begged the prison guard to let her leave from the back door, to avoid seeing either of their faces.

Besides, what if they were still angry with her and wanted to take their revenge?

I am nothing compared to them. I can’t afford to provoke them, but at least I can hide. Grace thought to herself.

In a trance, Grace remembered her confrontation with Lily. Lily stood in front of Grace while holding her dog and shouted, “My dog is worth 70,000 dollars. How much is your grandfather’s life worth?”

When Grace was three, her mother died and her father remarried. He abandoned her so her grandfather raised her all by himself.

Her grandfather worked night and day collecting junk and empty bottles for recycling.

When Grace was in junior high, she moved to the city from the countryside and lived in a small rental apartment. Her grandfather told her that they could make more money in the city because there was more junk to collect.

But Grace knew the true reason why her grandfather wanted her to go to school in the city.

The children in the city had shiny hairpins, and Grace wanted them too.

Grace’s grandfather once stood outside a small accessories store for hours, then he finally went inside to buy the expensive shiny hairpin for Grace.

her apply for it. That’s when Grace met Jacob,

Grace with her studies. She was clever and studious, so her

very grateful to Mrs. Green, but he didn’t have any money, so

in a small cottage. Her grandfather swept the garden while Jacob and Grace did their

beautiful

good. We don’t deserve him,”

didn’t even dare

a top university, her grandfather went back to the countryside. He didn’t

Grace saw him begging friends for money to cover her

vowed in her heart that she would grow up to be a top lawyer so that her grandfather would

anyone could have asked for, but

***

year after law school, Grace started dating Sean of the rich and powerful Stevens family. Suddenly, her father wanted to be

a nice young man. Bless you

grandfather said the day she

A big girl should have beautiful dresses. My pretty Grace should

he continued to collect junk to make

was getting too old,

a winter

was tackled by an unleashed dog in the park when he was collecting

fell unconscious on the spot and was

said it was worth 70,000

Grace’s grandpa was sent to the ICU. Due to a fracture of the cervical spine and spinal

of money to the hospital, so she went to Lily for compensation. It was her dog

didn’t get money from him, so you came to me?” Lily had

idiot grandfather,

and your grandpa are just a bunch of country bumpkin. You

didn’t hold back. She really couldn’t.

and Grace started to fight. Jennifer, who was Lily’s sister, saw

into her car and wanted to

even try to escape. Her grandfather

that at least one of them could

on the side

had been in the ICU for 15 days

he didn’t want to be a burden to Grace so

was lying on the ice-cold ground

save either her

Grace was locked up in prison, Lily went to

to Grace, “My dog has always been obedient.

only followed his owner’s

Grace because she was

prison. She blamed herself for the death of her grandfather. Lily would’ve never harmed her grandfather if she didn’t date

had a dream that her grandfather came back to life, and he told her how she was a good girl. Grace knew then it was just a dream because she was not

could turn back time, she wouldn’t want any shinny hairpins or any nice dresses, and she most

she wants is

***

that she had been dreaming of what

looked down at her calloused

and broken bones, her hands would never look or

but the prison doctors hadn’t gone

had residual pain. I

that

hurt more especially when it

flexed her hands and breathed

It’s okay. You’re okay.

is a new

the mantra as she

threatened to

lost more than just her

Her boyfriend. Her

cared about was gone in an

Atkinson whom she’d accidentally killed was the daughter of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. What’s more, she

It’s okay. You’re okay.

a new

You don’t need anybody.

mopping

suit of a sanitation worker with

delicate face was slightly reddish due to the cold weather, and her mouth was pressed into a thin

you would think she was a student who had just graduated from college. But gone

cruel the

that stared back at her were old, far

sighed and rolled the cleaning

few minutes had been

to drift off to

time, she moved quickly and

a sanitation worker wasn’t glamorous, but after she left prison, this was the only

leave, she heard a colleague watching the news

Stevens! What a lucky girl Lily is! As a superstar and a daughter of a rich and powerful family, now she