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."

Nelly sauntering out of

lifted her chin, and said, "Effie, Mr. Butler wants to

headed to her desk first, dropped off her bag, and only

office in tears, then marched right over to the manager. I couldn't hear everything, but I definitely heard her say your name." Shirley looked worried. "I'm afraid they're plotting something against you." Effie shrugged. "It's fine. I haven't done

you get

the end of science, there's

shook her head, and made her

She knocked. "Mr. Butler?"

"Come in."

Butler handed her a file. "Effie, here's a new project. I'd like you

didn't agree right away. She took the

this the project Nelly

Group-powerful and notoriously demanding when it came to their

reputation for jewelry design, but if even Nelly couldn't land the deal, maybe this project wasn't

He tried to reassure her. "Effie, this project is important for