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

mess, her heart hammering in

the security footage out there, and the truth plain for everyone to see, there was

gaze-Suzan felt like

Damn it!

hell leaked

last night's incident would be caught so clearly on camera, let alone that the footage would go viral overnight, sparking

explain..." Suzan's voice trembled as

back to how he'd stood

this- the footage clearly showed

choking, "I was just so

that again. You know, the person I

someone, trying to get the trending post taken down, but was

meant nearly

beside

were in a panic

Bagnold family, this was a full-blown

footage, he was so furious his blood

both Effie and

when her phone rang, her eyes

Shepard order her to come home at once,