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."

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

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

an eyebrow and didn't go in right away. She headed to 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

get so superstitious?"

know. At the end of

shook her head, and made her

She knocked. "Mr. Butler?"

"Come in."

file. "Effie, here's a new project. I'd like you to take it

away. She took the file and

project Nelly was

and notoriously demanding when it came to their

land the deal, maybe this project wasn't the golden opportunity it was rumored to be. Maybe it was more of a poisoned

to reassure her. "Effie, this project

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