Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 301

"Get out!" Lyman Etheridge barked.

Mitchell Lloyd looked like he wanted to say something else, but when he saw the murderous glint in Lyman's eyes, his expression faltered. He hesitated for a

moment, then stalked off, sulking.

"Honey, come inside. Dinner's ready," Effie Bagnold called to Lyman.

"Just a minute," he replied, not moving.

Effie hurried after him, concern etched on her face. "What's wrong?"

Seeing her peeking around the door, worry written all over her, Lyman couldn't help but smile. The edge softened from his features.

He reached out, intending to pinch her cheek, but then paused. The memory of touching Mitchell was still fresh. His hand felt tainted.

"I forgot to

right!" Effie laughed,

doesn't get along with the woman who runs it," she explained carefully. "So if you go out the building's main gate and turn left, walk about a hundred yards, you'll see Grandma

Lyman nodded. "Got it."

left the building and really did walk to Grandma Shera's Grocery, just as Effie had described,

sauce.

the street. Her thoughts

and she'd tried to explain the whole "don't buy from the downstairs shop" situation. But before she could even finish, Mitchell had cut her off, exasperated. “It's just a bag of salt," he'd

his eyes and muttered about old women holding grudges over

was out for a wedding and the shop was closed, Grandma had tried to buy from the downstairs store. The woman there had made a snide comment:

That evening, she'd rather sweeten

that, the two grandmothers barely exchanged greetings. It was all trivial, silly old-lady drama, but what else did Grandma have left to care about? At

this, how could she expect him

while Mitchell lounged on the couch, playing video games. When she returned, he made a snide

She looked down and saw Lyman, already on his way back with the soy sauce, smiling up at her, hand raised in