Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 182

He strode toward Effie.

Effie heard the steady footsteps and instantly thought of Lyman. When she turned around, there he was-Lyman, impossibly handsome, his presence overwhelming as always. She couldn't help but fall for him all over again.

Lyman caught her looking at him, her gaze unwavering, eyes shining like stars caught beneath the surface of water-bright, mesmerizing, impossible to resist. His heart fluttered at the sight.

Without hesitation, he closed the distance and stopped by her side.

Effie greeted him with a radiant smile, one so warm it seemed to chase away every shadow in Lyman's heart. "What are you doing out here? Weren't you talking with Grandma?"

Effie had noticed that her grandmother and Lyman seemed to have something to discuss, so she'd intentionally stepped outside to give them a little privacy.

Remembering what Grandma had said to Effie, Lyman chuckled. "She sent me out to keep you company. Said there's nothing left to talk about with a clueless kid like me."

Effie shot him a look and nudged him playfully. "Nonsense. Grandma would never say that."

laughed, slipping his arms around her. "Then what would she

answer was certain. "With her personality,

understood Grandma the way Effie did. Grandma had always been

Even when her family fell on hard times, she never lashed out at Grandpa. She faced life's hardships

that

as they walked

darkened, sharp as steel, as if he wished

only just broken up with

sly smile curling on her lips. That was exactly the reaction she'd

temper when he saw Effie with Lyman. That's why she'd called him over-she wanted him to give up on Effie, once and for all. Only when Mitchell let Effie go completely

Did she ever really love you? Or was she with Mr. Etheridge all along

you just

pinning Suzan with a bloodshot, furious glare-like a wounded animal, dangerous and

words dying