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

shut. He knew arguing

later, Mitchell would have to learn his lesson the

now, Mitchell was completely out of his mind,

of himself as

down, he'd always looked

him, couldn't get by without

Effie finally made a clean break,

next day, he wired the

froze. This was her

her phone, a storm

It was finally done.

clean break. Time to

updating her résumé, ready to send out

the results of the competition she'd

free time than she'd had in ages, Effie decided to go grocery shopping and treat herself to a proper homemade dinner

she'd barely had time to

threw on some comfortable clothes and headed out the

supermarket was only a few blocks away, so she decided

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

as she reached the crosswalk across from the supermarket, an old, battered van