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.

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

jumbled mess, her heart

the truth plain for

gaze-Suzan

Damn it!

leaked

would be caught so clearly on camera,

let me explain..." Suzan's voice trembled as

you do something like that?" Mitchell sounded bewildered. Thinking back to how he'd stood up for her yesterday, he suddenly

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

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

again. You know,

Mitchell immediately called someone, trying to get the trending

nearly everyone saw

was beside herself with

were in a panic

Bagnold family, this

moment Shepard saw the footage, he was so furious his

called both Effie and

rang, her eyes turning cold, but she

come