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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.

doing?" she stammered, trying to pull her hand back, but he only tightened

intent, lips curling into a faint smile. "Don't move. I have something for

placed a

down at

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

a moment, Effie felt the warmth from

to her to wonder why someone like Lyman

you." She curled her fingers around the

inside, arms full of gifts. In the living room, an elderly woman with kind eyes sat on the couch,

greeted her politely, "Good

carried himself with a refined air.

mentioned?" she asked, still a little skeptical. He was

Effie for a long time. Before, she was with someone else, so I only wished her happiness.

jolt to the chest. She snuck a

better, she might

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