Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Effie's heart skipped a beat, racing faster than she could control.

"Nervous? Give me your hand," Lyman said, noticing the flush in her cheeks and her quickening breath.

"What?" Effie hesitated, caught off guard.

She could feel Lyman's presence-solid, warm, and unmistakably masculine-so close that it left her breathless.

"Your hand. Come on."

Almost without thinking, Effie offered her hand. Lyman reached out and took it in his, his grip firm yet gentle. The warmth of his palm seeped into hers, his thumb tracing slow, soothing circles against her skin, sending a tingling sensation up her

arm.

Her pulse only quickened, a rosy blush blooming across her face and even creeping to her ears.

stammered, trying to

a little, his gaze steady and intent, lips curling into a faint smile. "Don't move. I have

placed a small piece of

blinked, glancing down at it. "This

down or anxious," Lyman said, his eyes sincere and almost intense, "have a piece of candy.

the warmth from his hand travel straight to her heart. Her nerves were in absolute

to her to wonder why someone like Lyman

the sweet.

an elderly woman with kind eyes sat on

her politely, "Good evening,

surprised. The man before her was tall, strikingly handsome, and carried himself with a refined air. Compared to Mitchell, he was in a league of his own-and far more

skeptical. He was

and entwined his fingers with Effie's. "Yes, ma'am. I've cared for Effie for a long time. Before, she was with someone else, so I only wished her happiness. But now that he can't give her the life she deserves, I want to try. I hope you'll give

jolt to the chest. She snuck a

she might have

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