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."

caught Nelly sauntering out of the manager's office, looking absurdly pleased

and said, "Effie, Mr. Butler wants to see

an eyebrow and didn't go in right away. She headed to her desk first, dropped

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 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

get

At the end of science, there's always

shook her head, and made her way to

She knocked. "Mr. Butler?"

"Come in."

file. "Effie, here's

She took the

minute—wasn't this the project

and notoriously demanding when

but if even Nelly couldn't land the deal, maybe this project wasn't the golden opportunity it was rumored to be.

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