Chapter 198

Lindy had just ushered Effie and Lyman out of the room.

Now, the two of them wandered down the hospital corridor, exchanging uncertain glances.

"What are they thinking, wanting us to flirt in a hospital?" Lyman said, half- laughing, half incredulous.

Effie could only shake her head. She found it a little awkward, too.

Still, it was true—-they'd skipped right past dating and straight into marriage.

Maybe their families worried their relationship wasn't strong enough, so they went out of their way to give them moments like this.

Effie actually didn't mind the alone time at all.

She turned to Lyman and said, "Honestly, this is kind of nice."

Lyman smiled. As long as Effie was happy, nothing else mattered to her.

Suddenly, Effie caught sight of a familiar figure hurrying through the doors into the maternity ward.

That's odd... Isn't that Nelly from the design department?

"What did you see?" Lyman asked, noticing the shift in Effie's expression.

so focused on her, he hadn't seen anything unusual. But now he could tell something serious had

This wasn't her business to

nothing. Let's just

"Alright."

yet another familiar figure slip into

name.

Effie quickly

sudden need for secrecy in

shot her an amused look. What could she possibly have seen that required them

"Forget it, let's go."

head, baffled by her own reaction. Why was she more agitated than the people involved, as if she'd stumbled onto some

for a while longer before making their way back

grandmother and Lindy were deep in conversation, the atmosphere

late. I'll

grandmother nodded. "I'd

they'd known each other for years,

to keep her grandmother company. Her curiosity got the better of her. "Gran, what did you two talk

out of topics and fall into

"I can't even remember. We just chatted, and before we knew it, we couldn't

seemed like people from two different worlds. They probably didn't have much in common, but maybe that's why they made

grandmother's side in the hospital. Lyman had already gone

Effie was finishing her

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