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.

teetering on the edge of a meltdown after discovering

thoughts were a jumbled mess, her heart hammering in her

out there, and the truth plain

Mitchell's questioning gaze-Suzan

Damn it!

hell leaked that surveillance

wildest dreams had she imagined last night's incident would be caught so clearly on camera, let alone

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

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

There was no way to talk her way out of this- the footage clearly showed her

tears, her voice choking, "I was just so angry.

"Don't ever do that again. You know, the person I

from behind. "I know. I won't do it again." Mitchell immediately called someone, trying to get the trending post taken down, but was told, oddly

nearly

was beside herself

Vera were in a

Bagnold family, this

furious his blood pressure must have

both Effie and Suzan

rang, her eyes turning

Shepard order her to come home at once,