Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 222

Effie paused, then said, "Alright. If you want me to come home, I can on one condition."

Shepard's face lit up instantly. He knew it-Effie would never give up on a father as generous as him!

"If that's how you feel, that's wonderful. Name your terms. Don't just stop at one, I'd agree to several if you wanted..."

Before he could finish, Effie cut him off, her lips curling into a sly smile. "Kick Vera and Suzan out, and hand over your shares in The Bagnold Group to me."

Shepard's smile froze. The nerve! She was asking for far too much-did she want his car next?

Those shares belonged to her mother by right!

"Absolutely not! No way!" Shepard ground out, his jaw clenched.

Effie just smiled. She'd expected this-there was no way he'd ever agree.

"So that's my only condition. If you can't even manage that, how am I supposed to agree to your request?"

"Get out."

His voice dropped, cold and sharp. "Effie, if you push me away now, you'll regret

Mitchell abandoned you.

spilled out in his

those words would have stung, would have left her aching for days. But Lyman's presence

ones who

she'd like some sweet and sour pork after

Etheridge, a man with so much power and status,

wide-eyed, almost comical expression and couldn't help but laugh. “Grandma, he makes

her eyes crinkling into narrow slits as she smiled.

in the kitchen, the thin walls meant he'd heard

his voice icy. "My wife doesn't need a safety net. She's worthy of love for

or don't like? You're not one

like a real father. So spare us the lectures-you have no right to

"Such hypocrisy."

now he scrambled to explain himself. "Mr. Etheridge, you've misunderstood.