Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 45

Chuck had met Suzan a handful of times.

Aside from being younger, he honestly couldn't see any redeeming qualities in her.

Especially with all that tech on display-she dressed like a walking gadget store, and it was honestly off-putting.

The first time Chuck had met Suzan, he'd sensed something calculating about her. She was clever, maybe a little too clever for her own good.

She was nothing compared to Effie. Not even in the same league.

And yet, somehow, the two were half-sisters-same father, different mothers.

What really disgusted Chuck was that Suzan had known perfectly well that Mitchell was her sister's fiancé, and still she'd gone after him. There was no shame in her game, and Chuck found it despicable.

But Mitchell seemed utterly bewitched by her. He thought Suzan was beautiful and young; even her little tantrums and moods struck him as endearing.

Mitchell, for his part, was reveling in the whole thing.

It was a classic case of the onlooker seeing clearly while the person involved was hopelessly blind.

Chuck could see it plain as day: Mitchell was completely infatuated, unable to see the situation for what it was.

Once he and Effie really split up, that's when Mitchell would realize what a mistake he'd made. Regret would come, sure as day.

she makes the first move. Effie? She's as prim as a

mouth shut. He knew arguing

to learn his lesson the hard

Mitchell was completely out of his mind, lost to all

to thinking of himself as special, someone

he'd always looked down

him,

made a clean break, Mitchell

he wired the

bank notification, she froze. This was her "compensation"

stared at the string of numbers on her phone, a storm of emotions swirling

It was finally done.

clean break. Time to

her résumé,

the results of the competition she'd entered. The first round results would be out

had in ages, Effie decided to go grocery

she'd barely had time to

threw on some comfortable clothes and headed

supermarket was only a few blocks away, so she decided to

breeze made the stroll pleasant, and for the first time in a while, Effie actually

reached the crosswalk across from the supermarket,