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."

the design department, she caught Nelly sauntering out of the manager's office, looking absurdly pleased with

Effie, lifted her chin, and said,

in right away. She headed to her desk first, dropped

your name." Shirley looked worried. "I'm afraid they're plotting something against you." Effie shrugged. "It's fine. I haven't done

did you get

winked. "Hey, you never know. At the end of science, there's always a little bit of

and made her way to the manager's

She knocked. "Mr. Butler?"

"Come in."

file. "Effie, here's a new project.

away. She took the file and started

minute—wasn't this the project Nelly was

and notoriously demanding when it came to

land the deal, maybe this

her. "Effie, this project is important for Etheridge's reputation. I'm counting on you to give

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