Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 32

She glanced down at her phone-it was a call from Lyman.

"It's you!" she answered, her voice softening almost instinctively.

"Did you see the trending news?" Lyman's voice was low, calm, and somehow comforting.

"Yeah, I saw it." Effie replied quietly. "Thank you."

There was a brief silence on the other end before Lyman replied, his tone even, "No need to thank me. It's the least I could do."

A gentle warmth bloomed in Effie's chest as she held the phone.

She knew Lyman was a man of few words, but every time, he showed his care through his actions rather than promises.

For a moment, she wondered if maybe just maybe this marriage wasn't as hopeless as she'd first imagined.

"Wait for me after work tonight. I'll take you out for dinner," Lyman said.

"Alright," Effie agreed.

After hanging up, Effie found herself a little distracted, her mind drifting.

edge

a jumbled mess, her heart hammering in her

security footage out there, and the truth plain for everyone to see, there

when she caught Mitchell's questioning gaze-Suzan felt like she might

Damn it!

hell leaked that

imagined last night's incident would be caught so clearly on camera, let

me explain..." Suzan's voice trembled

bewildered. Thinking back to how he'd stood up

opened her mouth, but no words came. There was no way to talk her way out of this- the footage clearly showed her reaching out to grab Effie, and the two of them

Suzan's eyes brimmed with tears, her voice choking, "I was just so angry. Effie always acts so

do that again. You know, the person I care about now is

him from behind. "I know. I won't do it again." Mitchell immediately called someone, trying to get

meant nearly everyone saw

beside herself

were in a

this

footage, he was so furious his blood pressure must have shot through

Effie

when her phone rang, her eyes turning cold,

come home at