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 of a meltdown after discovering she'd made

jumbled mess, her heart hammering in

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

questioning gaze-Suzan felt like she might actually

Damn it!

leaked

night's incident would be caught so clearly on camera, let alone that the footage would go viral overnight, sparking

let me explain..." Suzan's voice trembled as she tried to

sounded bewildered. Thinking back to

but no words came. There was no way to talk her way out of this- the footage clearly

was just so angry. Effie always acts so superior,

do that again. You know,

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

meant nearly everyone saw

was beside herself

Vera were in

family, this

the footage, he was so furious his blood

both Effie and Suzan

her phone rang, her eyes turning cold, but she

her to come home at once, Effie