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

jumbled mess,

truth plain for everyone to see, there

caught Mitchell's questioning gaze-Suzan

Damn it!

leaked that surveillance

caught so clearly on camera,

explain..." Suzan's voice trembled

Mitchell sounded bewildered. Thinking back to how he'd stood up for her yesterday, he

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 tumbling into the pool

voice choking, "I was just so angry. Effie always acts so

again. You know, the person I care about

trying to get the trending post taken down, but was told, oddly enough, that

nearly everyone

beside herself

were in a panic

Bagnold family, this was

furious his blood pressure must

Effie and Suzan

her phone rang, her eyes turning cold, but she still

her to come home at once,