Chapter 267

"Why sneak a photo? Let's just take one together," Effie laughed. "I don't think we've ever had a proper picture of us, have we?"

She pulled out her phone and switched to the front camera. "Come on, smile."

Maybe the mood had shifted a little too quickly for him, because Lyman didn't quite catch up. In the frame, his face was serious-a man on the verge of smiling but unable to pull it off.

Effie turned to him and said, "Give me a real smile."

Lyman tried to adjust, but his smile still looked stiff.

Annoyed at himself, he clenched his fingers. He could negotiate the toughest business deals without batting an eye, but right now he was so nervous he could barely speak.

"Oh, never mind," Effie said, laughing. "I guess you're just used to being serious. Just relax-just be yourself."

Lyman nodded and shifted his posture, and this time, the photo turned out much more natural than that awkward half-smile from before.

"Much better," Effie said with satisfaction.

A faint smile tugged at Lyman's lips. "Send it to me."

He had to admit, he liked it too.

Lyman immediately forwarded it to their

didn't take long before

Etheridge, so now her phone and

her messages—it was all

sisters' group—just look at my son and daughter-in-law! They're such

Our son and

at the

have guessed that her father-in-law, who always seemed so proper and reserved, could

just how they are kind of over the top sometimes. You'll get used

replied, smiling. "I really

heart was overflowing

the pier to buy fresh

recipes weren't complicated, but everything was so fresh that it

clearly delighted. "This is probably the best seafood

at her, eyes full of tenderness. "If you like it, we'll come back as often as

her expectantly as he finished

"I'd

back to the hotel, fingers laced, and only parted ways at

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