Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Corace checked into a new room for the night, , and as she was about to rest, her phone suddenly buzzed with a message from the work group chat

Curious, she opened it and found her coworkers gossiping about her

Someone had posted a picture of her back.

“Valy is Grace Staying in a hotel

The probably has some date tonight. She’s always surrounded by men, right?

Honest, she only got into the company because of her connection with Mr. Henderson”

Grace rassed an eyebrow, realizing they had probably forgotten she was in the group.

she quickly typed a message. She asked, “Since when have had a lot of men around me? How come I didn’t know the

Thedon in the group had been pretty lively, with people em guessing she had slept with Yancey to get into the company but once they saw her message, they suddenly

sumbered she was part of the group.

went sent Grace tagged the person who had taken her photo. She

stayed in a

even quieter. If this weren’t a work–related

sleep, knowing it wasn’t her fault they were talking behind her back. The embarrassment they

the awkward tension, she pretended like she had no

and asked

were still some furniture pieces the needed to check out in person despite already

new, so the future was also new She’d had a clear come in, and after

heard that Grace had bought a 15–ion–dollar house. For a moment,

casually, picking out a table lamp. She asked a nearby sales clerk, “Do you have

nee vintage styles?

“Right this way.”

a large mall surrounded

brands—baps, furniture, you name it–and every item cost thousands of

closely behind, and she widened her eyes when she saw the 50,000o–dollar lamp

Yancey give you that money?

house. She was looking forward to moving in that evening “Neither. It’s a long story. Do

forced a smile “Sure, I’ve never seen a 15–million–dollar house

their whole lives and couldn’t even afford to buy a house the size of a

Grace didn’taven pause She preferred a simple

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