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.

wait to see Effie discarded

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

was grim. He realized he needed to take his eldest daughter

she was severing ties, he'd raised her-how could she

up, she made herself breakfast, ate quietly,

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

either. If anyone saw them together, the rumors would fly, and she wanted nothing more

in disapproval. "That model isn't safe enough. If you don't like any of the cars in the garage, you can

garage was filled with over a dozen rare,

drove one of those to work, she'd instantly become the talk of the office. People

could do but remind

left the

His

Suddenly, his phone rang.

run into trouble, he picked it up at once. But when

the phone kept ringing, so

got back into the country today, but was swarmed by crazed fans at the airport. She's hurt,