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

a jumbled mess, her heart

there, and the truth plain for everyone to

questioning gaze-Suzan felt

Damn it!

the hell leaked that surveillance

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

trembled as she tried

sounded bewildered. Thinking back to how he'd stood up for

out of this- the footage clearly showed her reaching

her voice choking, "I was just so angry. Effie always acts so superior, and I—I

ever do that again. You know, the person I care about

wrapped her arms around him 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

nearly everyone

was beside

Shepard and Vera were in a

family, this was a

moment Shepard saw the footage, he was so furious his blood pressure must have shot through

called both Effie

phone rang, her eyes turning cold,

her to come home at once, Effie