Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 225

Effie sprang to her feet, giggling uncontrollably. Each time she swayed, Lyman's heart lurched as if an invisible hand had seized it-his breath slowed, his nerves taut.

"Don't move around so much," he warned gently.

But before he could finish, Effie flung out her arms. "I'm about to take off!"

Lyman lunged forward just in time to catch her as she landed squarely in his

arms.

With her arms looped around his neck, she burst into laughter. "That was fun! Let's do it again!"

Lyman thought to himself that there was nothing fun about nearly having a heart attack.

Effie chimed in eagerly, "Come on, let's do it one more time!"

He nearly groaned. Again? His heart couldn't take much more.

"Mr. Etheridge, the car is ready-" the driver announced, but before he could finish, Effie suddenly shrieked, "Ahh! The superhero is here! We have to run!"

the streetlamp, looked utterly unassuming certainly not the superhero

what did that make them? Villains on

but he still teased, "You think

You're the lamppost monster, I'm the bird monster-we're way too weak. Run for it!" Effie declared,

along her arm until he met her face. Effie turned to

the stark, leafless trees lining the avenue seemed to burst into spring, vibrant

beautiful and wild, impossible to hold onto. If he let go, she might vanish in

he wished this moment could

they reached the corner and slipped into the

against him, and as Lyman bent his

He frowned a little. He hadn't expected his grandmother's homemade peach liqueur-so smooth and

Now he knew what she was like when tipsy, he

by the second, until she drifted off

let out a relieved sigh;

to mutter,

and caught a single name:

shadows darkening his