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.

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

head. This wasn't her business to get involved

nothing. Let's just keep

"Alright."

yet another familiar figure slip into the maternity ward-this time,

name.

arm, Effie quickly pulled him

sudden need for secrecy in the

possibly have seen that required them to

"Forget it, let's go."

her own reaction. Why was she more agitated than the people involved, as

a while longer before making their way back to the

deep in conversation, the atmosphere warm and

getting late. I'll stop by again

grandmother nodded. "I'd like

think they'd known each other for

her. "Gran, what

of topics and fall

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

and her grandmother seemed like people from two different worlds. They probably didn't have much

the hospital. Lyman had already gone back

Effie was finishing

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