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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.

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

lips curling into a faint

into his pocket and placed a small piece of

glancing down at

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

for a moment, Effie felt the warmth from his hand

to her to wonder why someone

fingers around the sweet. "Come

gifts. In the living room, an elderly

politely, "Good evening,

with a refined air. Compared

a little skeptical. He

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

to the chest. She snuck

she might have believed it

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