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."

sauntering out of the manager's

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

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

from behind her monitor and whispered, "Effie, you missed it—Nelly went into the 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

get so superstitious?" Effie

know. At the end of science, there's always a

made her

She knocked. "Mr. Butler?"

"Come in."

Butler handed her a file. "Effie, here's a new project.

away. She took the file

project

Hoffman Group-powerful and notoriously demanding when

Etheridge & Co. had 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

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