Chapter 58 Drop Your Nice Act
“Frederick didn’t mean it. He misunderstood you, so stop arguing with him.” The frustration was overwhelming for Benjamin, who had chased after Grace and pulled at her arm.
Grace snatched her arm away. “How nice of you to speak for your friend, Mr. Hawkins. What right do you have to tell me to stop?”
Benjamin glanced at Zoey and Emily behind Grace, both of whom were giving him hostile looks.
“Can’t you be a bigger person and let us talk nicely as friends?”
A smile slowly formed on Grace’s l*ps, her narrowing eyes devoid of emotion. “You’re an ex who is dead to me, not some friend.”
While Benjamin had heard such a rejection before, he still couldn’t deal with it calmly.
He said curtly, “The apology statement will be released tomorrow morning. I will make him take down the post later.”
“Stop being hypocritical. They’re treating me like this because you allowed them to, didn’t you?”
“Me?” Benjamin frowned deeply, obviously disagreeing with her words.
Grace’s surly expression was filled with disappointment, her eyes fixed on him.
“It was your repeated inaction that made them think I’m a pushover who they can do
whatever they want with. Why are you pretending to be a nice person now?
“Susan and Celia’s apparent contempt toward me is nothing compared to Frederick’s blatant slander. Your hypocrisy makes me disgusted.”
Benjamin was shocked to hear this. He had never cared about Grace’s situation back when she had lived with his family.
.He had simply assumed everything was just as peaceful as it seemed on the surface.
He had kept his distance from her. They didn’t have children, something Susan always
complained about. Yet not once had he mentioned it to Grace.
As for his friends, they would talk badly about Grace in front of him, but he had never taken them seriously, and that led to their growing disdain for her.
Thinking of this, Benjamín felt incredibly ashamed of himself.
Grace turned around calmly as the unspoken pain in her heart slowly faded. “Even without your interference, I have many ways to make Frederick apologize.”
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The trio then walked away, completely ignoring Benjamin.
Grace held Emily’s arm and said, “What songs do you want to listen to today? I’ll sing it.”
Zoey asked worriedly, “Are you okay?”
“I’m great. I can’t feel any better than this.”
“If you’re not feeling it, we can leave now.” Zoey, who normally didn’t display much emotion, was showing rare concern.
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