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.

pulled back. "I forgot to buy soy

right!" Effie

store downstairs, but Grandma doesn't get along with the woman who runs it," she explained carefully. "So if you go out the building's main gate and

Lyman nodded. "Got it."

before heading down. He left the building and really did walk

sauce.

Lyman's figure disappear down the street. Her thoughts drifted back to the last time

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,"

about old women holding grudges over nothing. "Are they really

he wasn't wrong. There was no deep feud between Grandma and the downstairs neighbor, just a preference for buying from Grandma Shera. Once, when Shera's family was out for a wedding and the shop was closed, Grandma had tried to buy

left fuming. That evening, she'd rather sweeten the soup than buy salt

the two grandmothers barely exchanged greetings. It was all trivial, silly old-lady drama, but what else did

respect something like this, how could she expect him to respect anything

he made a snide comment

looked down and saw Lyman,