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!"

catching the glow from the streetlamp, looked utterly unassuming certainly not the

the driver was the superhero, then what did

still

You're the lamppost monster, I'm the bird monster-we're way too weak. Run for it!" Effie declared, seizing his hand and taking off down

along her arm until he met her face. Effie turned to look at him, and under

trees lining the avenue seemed to burst into spring, vibrant and alive. It

hand tightly. She was like a sprite who'd wandered into his world beautiful and wild,

he wished this

corner and slipped into

Lyman bent his head, he

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

lesson learned. Now he knew what she was like when tipsy, he was never

quieter by the second, until she drifted

relieved sigh; the

to

and caught a

shadows darkening