Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 257

Vinson Elliott and Randell were grinning smugly, completely oblivious to the sly look Effie and Nita exchanged-a shared glimmer of amusement in their eyes.

Then Vinson turned to Lyman. "Lyman, you're not allowed to get involved. Go do some work, will you?"

That move was ruthless. Imagine making someone work when they're supposed to be on vacation, just to keep them from interfering.

Vinson turned to Nita and said, "You probably think I'm being harsh, but honestly, work is the only thing that guy actually enjoys. He's a total workaholic-if he's not working, he's thinking about work. Nothing else interests him."

"That's not true. There's one thing he likes," Nita replied.

Vinson and Randell perked up, instantly nosy. "Oh? What's that?"

These two were absolute gossip hounds.

Nita grinned. "Our Effie, of course."

For a moment, Vinson and Randell were stunned, then both burst out laughing. "You know, that actually makes a lot of sense."

flushed pink. She squirmed in her seat and tried to deflect. "Oh, come on, don't tease me. Let's just

Effie's blushing," Vinson teased, grinning

at Lyman, who was wearing headphones and looked deep

round ended. As expected, Effie

skills like that, people will think we invited you just to gang up on you," Vinson

couldn't help thinking: Isn't that exactly

I'm just not used to it yet. Give me

someone's skills could

so, Randell and Vinson played along. "Alright, we'll

had been looking forward to an easy win, but after

are you... counting cards?" Vinson asked, suspicion dawning on

I do have a good memory." Just a good memory? That was underselling it—her recall was almost uncanny. Vinson shot Nita a look, clearly

two wanted to pick on my best

only stare at each other, speechless. At this point, who

over, his earlier tension

a hard time?" he asked,