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.

on her, he hadn't seen anything unusual. But now he could tell

her head. This wasn't her business to

Let's just

"Alright."

about to move on when she saw yet another familiar figure slip into the maternity ward-this

name.

quickly pulled him to the

caught off guard by their sudden need for secrecy in the middle of

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

"Forget it, let's go."

Why was she more agitated than the

before making their

and Lindy were deep in conversation, the atmosphere

late. I'll stop by

nodded. "I'd like

they'd known each other for years, the way

got the better of her. "Gran, what did you two talk about? I didn't expect you to have so much to

them to run out of topics and fall

grandmother just smiled. "I can't even remember. We just

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

Effie stayed by her grandmother's side in the hospital. Lyman had already gone back to

afternoon, as Effie was finishing her lunch, the

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