Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 82

If Effie and Lyman ended up together, would the Bagnold family ever have to worry about money or business again?

Some people in the room were already scheming, eager to cozy up to them. Mitchell stood silently in a corner, but he saw everything that had just happened.

A wave of jealousy crept over him-sharp and bitter-leaving him restless and unwilling to accept what he'd witnessed.

It was as if someone had snatched away his favorite toy.

He felt horribly unsettled.

Suzan noticed the stormy look on Mitchell's face and didn't dare approach him.

But she knew where all of this started: Effie.

That wretched woman-always flirting, always managing to seduce men.

And now, unbelievably, she'd managed to get Lyman's attention.

So what if she had, though? Lyman was only toying with her. There was no way he was serious.

see

the birthday banquet finally ended, everyone walked away lost in their

expression was grim. He realized he needed to take his

declared she was severing ties, he'd raised her-how could she simply walk away

up, she made herself breakfast,

a simple, unremarkable car-nothing flashy. That way, no one would pay her any

together, the rumors would fly, and she wanted nothing more than a peaceful, ordinary work

about the car, he frowned in disapproval. "That model isn't safe enough. If you don't like any of the cars in the garage, you can pick out

was filled with over a dozen rare, limited-edition cars-Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Porsche,

to work, she'd instantly become the talk of the office. People would assume

could do but remind her

left the house soon

to himself. His wife really was

Suddenly, his phone rang.

it up at

kept ringing, so

is Carole-Isabel's manager. She just got back into the country today, but was swarmed by crazed fans at the airport. She's hurt, but doesn't want to make a scene, so she asked me to call