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.

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

a jumbled mess, her heart hammering in her

and the truth plain for everyone to see, there was simply no

caught Mitchell's questioning gaze-Suzan felt like

Damn it!

leaked that

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

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

Mitchell sounded bewildered. Thinking back

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

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

that again. You know, the person I care about now is

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 enough, that

meant nearly

was beside herself

Shepard and Vera were in a panic

the Bagnold family, this was

was so furious his blood

both Effie and Suzan

phone rang, her eyes turning

come home