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.

meanwhile, Suzan was teetering on the edge of a meltdown after discovering

were a jumbled mess, her heart hammering in her

security footage out there, and the truth plain for

gaze-Suzan felt like

Damn it!

hell leaked that surveillance

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

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

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

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

choking, "I was just

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

"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 it had to stay up for twenty-four

meant nearly everyone saw

was beside herself

and Vera were

this

was so furious

called both Effie and

her phone rang, her

she heard Shepard order her to come home at once, Effie just laughed