Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 153

Effie slipped her phone back into her purse, an involuntary smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

She glanced up at the crowd clustered around Sarah, who was soaking up the attention, her face glowing with smug satisfaction as their classmates showered her with praise.

"Sarah, your boyfriend is seriously impressive! Mr. Etheridge must really think the world of him!" Harriet gushed, her envy barely disguised.

Sarah gave a modest little laugh, playing coy. "He's just doing his job, really. But he's got talent-otherwise, there's no way he'd have gotten promoted at The Etheridge Group, considering how competitive it is."

Nita, who'd been biting her tongue, couldn't help herself. She cleared her throat softly. "Um... is it possible Mr. Etheridge was actually here for someone else?"

Harriet rolled her eyes, scoffing, "Oh, come on, Nita! Who else among us could possibly know Mr. Etheridge? Don't tell me you mean Effie?"

Her voice dripped with sarcasm.

But Nita nodded emphatically, "Yeah, actually!"

Harriet let out a short, mocking laugh. "You must be dreaming."

quickly reached out to stop Nita, shaking her

become the center of attention. If people found out about her connection to Lyman, she could kiss her peaceful life

on her face made it clear she wasn't thrilled. One day,

soon broke through the tension, rallying everyone with

all, someone had brought delicious food-no one was going to complain about that. And these treats were

and drifted into casual conversations, swapping stories about their

meal when a glass slid into her field of vision. She looked up, startled to see Granger standing right in front of her. She scrambled to pick

Granger's eyes were gentle, his smile soft

it lightly against his. "I've been well, thanks. How about

his wine, his gaze lingering on her. "Can't

toast Granger, too. It's been a while since you two caught up,

she had to set this up for her. For all her bluster, Nita turned into a bundle of nerves around her

cheers. I heard you're a surgeon now at Neo-Arcadia

the eldest son of the Morgan family, but now he was better known

Hospital was stellar-he'd become a

all, she'd nursed a crush on him for quite some