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 serious had caught her

shook her head. This wasn't

nothing. Let's

"Alright."

familiar figure slip into the maternity

name.

Lyman's arm, Effie quickly

was caught off guard by their sudden need for

amused look. What could she possibly have seen

"Forget it, let's go."

reaction. Why was she more agitated than the people involved, as if she'd stumbled

the halls for a while longer before making their way

and Lindy were deep in conversation, the atmosphere

late. I'll stop by again for another

nodded.

other for years, the way they

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

them to run out of

just smiled. "I can't even remember. We just chatted,

like people from two different worlds. They probably didn't have much

the hospital. Lyman had already gone back to work, so it

was finishing her lunch, the door

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