Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 378

"I never imagined fate would bring us together like this. You saved me yesterday, and here we are meeting again today and you're even my business partner's wife," Lionel said with a smile.

"Saved you?" Suzan glanced curiously at Effie and Lionel, feigning concern as she looked at Lionel. "Uncle, what happened? Are you not feeling well, or...?"

Lionel brushed her off with an easy smile. "It was nothing, really. I just felt a bit unwell, but I'm perfectly fine now. No need to worry."

"That's a relief," Suzan replied, her tone warm.

Despite Suzan's apparent closeness with Lionel, Effie couldn't shake a vague sense of discomfort, as if something about the whole situation was off.

"Let's not just stand around. Why don't we go inside and take a seat?" Lyman suggested.

The group made their way into a private dining room and settled around the table.

Perhaps Suzan was eager to make a good impression on Lionel; she was on her best behavior that evening, never once making things difficult for Effie or even bringing her up in conversation. For a moment, Effie wondered if Suzan had undergone some miraculous transformation. Yet, the more Suzan acted this way, the more unsettling it felt.

showing-she excused herself

and spoke in a low voice, “Mr. Harper, when you and Suzan reconnected, did you

chilly stare. "Miss Bagnold, why would you ask me

dignity above all else and couldn't stand anyone who looked down on

but after his parents' divorce, everything fell apart. His father spiraled, the family business collapsed, and Lionel ended up scraping by

back up, and every step had been hard-won. That

constantly wary that others might think less

thought he was some fool who couldn't even

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"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. It's just that Suzan..." She trailed off. No, even if she spoke the truth now, Lionel would probably suspect her of¶ying or trying to slander Suzan. "Igust think it's important to be careful with something so major. This is for life, after all. It doesn't hurt

but I'm not a fool. I did everything by the book. I

Effie knew she couldn't press the

managed a small smile. “You're right.