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

shook her head. This wasn't her business

Let's just keep

"Alright."

yet another familiar figure slip into the maternity ward-this time, she could have sworn she

name.

Effie quickly pulled

their sudden need for secrecy in the middle

could she possibly have seen that

"Forget it, let's go."

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

while longer before making their way back to the

and Lindy were deep in conversation, the atmosphere warm and

late. I'll stop by again

grandmother nodded.

each other for years,

behind, settling in to keep her grandmother company. Her curiosity got the better of her. "Gran, what did you two talk about? I didn't expect

them to run out of topics and fall into

just chatted, and before we knew

people from two different worlds. They

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

as Effie was finishing

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