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.

on the edge of a meltdown after discovering she'd made the trending

jumbled mess,

security footage out there, and the truth plain for everyone

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

Damn it!

the hell leaked

night's incident would be caught so clearly on

trembled as

something like that?" Mitchell sounded bewildered. Thinking back to how he'd stood up

way out of this- the footage clearly showed her reaching out to grab Effie, and the two of them tumbling

brimmed with tears, her voice choking, "I was just so angry. Effie always acts so superior, and I—I lost control for a

know,

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

nearly

beside

Vera were

Bagnold family, this was a full-blown

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

Effie

when her phone rang, her eyes

order her to come home at once,