Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 368

After Effie left, Bancroft finally stepped out of the room.

"You're clever as ever, sir," the butler said with a knowing smile. "Noticing that the young master had gone out, you guessed the young lady wouldn't want to stay put either. So you pretended to go for a walk yourself."

Bancroft chuckled. "Of course. She's a wonderful girl, just a bit shy still. Once she settles in, she won't feel so uneasy."

As Effie headed out, she nearly collided with someone just outside the door.

Still startled, she blurted, "Are you alright?"

The young man she'd nearly run into looked just as shaken. Pressing a hand to his chest, he managed a shaky laugh. "I'm fine."

Effie got out of the car, glancing over at the man. "Are you sure you're okay? Do you need me to take you to a hospital or something?"

She pulled out her phone and snapped a quick photo of him.

He raised an eyebrow, a mix of amusement and exasperation on his face. "Miss, you don't actually think I'm trying to scam you, do you?"

Effie gave an embarrassed grin. "Sorry! I've just seen so many videos lately about scam artists jumping in front of cars. Figured I'd better be cautious."

promise, I'm not one of those people." After a brief pause, he asked, "Do you know which one is number

visits here, she'd memorized the area pretty well. She gave him directions, and

rush to leave. Instead, she pulled out her phone and called the police, calmly explaining what had just happened, recounting the details clearly and

and returned to look for it- only to catch part

laugh and muttered to himself, "Didn't

a criminal my first day back in the

lying near Effie's feet. After a

Effie, who jumped

didn't mean to frighten you," he said, gesturing toward the pen on the ground. "I just dropped my

did Effie realize she'd misunderstood. She quickly

the pen, and handed it over. "Sorry

no, I should be the one apologizing," he replied,

"You're welcome."

or anything, just let me know..." Just then, a sleek black Cullinan

up when he recognized

part in this was over, Effie got back into her car

watched Effie's car disappearing down the driveway. A flicker