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 of

were a jumbled mess, her

the security footage out there, and the truth plain

caught Mitchell's questioning gaze-Suzan felt like she might actually lose

Damn it!

the hell leaked that surveillance

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

me explain..." Suzan's voice trembled

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

the footage clearly showed her reaching out to

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

You know, the person I

called someone, trying to get the trending post taken down,

meant nearly everyone

beside

Vera were in a

Bagnold family, this was a

saw the footage, he was so furious his blood

called both Effie

her phone rang, her eyes turning cold,

come home at once, Effie just