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.

trying to pull her

steady and intent, lips curling

pocket and placed a small

down at it.

eyes sincere and almost intense, "have a piece of candy. It helps,

a moment, Effie felt the warmth from

her to wonder why someone like Lyman would carry candy

her fingers around the sweet. "Come in. My grandmother's waiting for

gifts. In the living room, an elderly woman with kind eyes

"Good

looked up, quietly surprised. The man before her was tall, strikingly handsome, and carried himself with a refined air. Compared to

she asked, still a little skeptical. He was impossibly perfect, but was he truly sincere about

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

hit Effie like a jolt to the chest. She snuck a look at

better, she might have believed

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