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.

couldn't wait to see

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

grim. He realized he needed to take his eldest daughter

ties, he'd raised her-how could she simply

morning, after Effie got up, she made herself breakfast,

couple of days earlier, she'd bought a simple, unremarkable car-nothing flashy. That way, no one would

them together, the rumors would fly, and she wanted

out about the car, he frowned in disapproval. "That model isn't safe enough. If you don't like

The garage was filled with over a dozen

talk of the office. People would assume she was being kept by some wealthy

could do but remind her

left the

His

Suddenly, his phone rang.

it up at once.

kept ringing,

Carole-Isabel's manager. She just got back into the country today, but was swarmed by crazed fans at

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