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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.

what are you... what are you doing?" she stammered, trying to pull her hand

steady and intent, lips curling

into his pocket and placed a small piece of candy in her

blinked, glancing down at

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

for a moment, Effie felt the warmth from his hand travel straight to her heart. Her nerves were in

even occurred to her to wonder why someone

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

In the living room, an

"Good evening,

her was tall, strikingly handsome, and carried himself with a refined air. Compared to Mitchell, he was in a

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

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

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

better, she might have believed it

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