Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 204

Randell hurried to smooth things over and turned to Lyman. "Lyman, your wife's really... quite something."

He couldn't exactly compliment Effie's looks-if Lyman thought he was eyeing his friend's wife, that'd be a disaster.

He added quickly, "I know the basic rule-never mess with a friend's wife. You can trust me on that."

Lyman rolled his eyes. "You talk too much. Come on, let's play a round."

Randell's mouth twitched. Looked like he was about to lose big this time.

Sure enough, out on the golf course, Lyman nailed a hole-in-one. Randell ended up footing the bill while the whole crowd cheered.

Lyman grinned at him. "Thanks for covering us, Mr. Hoffman."

Randell's smile was more of a grimace. "Don't... mention it."

design department, she caught Nelly sauntering

Effie, lifted her chin, and said,

didn't go in right away. She headed to her

"I'm afraid they're plotting something against you." Effie shrugged. "It's fine. I haven't done anything wrong, so I'm not worried." Shirley made the sign of the cross, murmuring, "Dear Lord, please protect Effie.” Effie couldn't help but laugh as Shirley dipped her fingers in her water glass and flicked

get so

end of science, there's always

smiled, shook her head, and made her way

She knocked. "Mr. Butler?"

"Come in."

a file. "Effie, here's

away. She took the file and

a minute—wasn't this the project Nelly was working

and notoriously demanding when it came to their

a strong reputation for jewelry design, but if even Nelly couldn't land the deal, maybe this project wasn't the golden opportunity it was rumored to be. Maybe it was more of

was intimidated. He tried to reassure her. "Effie, this project is important for Etheridge's reputation. I'm counting