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Chapter 381

Chapter 381

Effie froze, forgetting what she was supposed to do, her gaze locked on Lyman as her breathing slowed.

"What now?" Lyman's voice was rough, his eyes fixed on her. There was

something about his gaze-dark and deep, as if he could pull her in and never let go.

"Hm?" Effie looked at him, puzzled.

"This is all your fault," Lyman said quietly.

Before Effie could react, he leaned in and kissed her again...

By the time Effie and Lyman slipped quietly out of the house, her grandmother had already left. Breakfast sat waiting on the table, alongside a neat note in her grandmother's graceful handwriting: "Gone to buy groceries. Make sure you eat before heading to work."

Effie said, "I want to get Grandma a car. Whenever we're busy, she has to take the bus everywhere-it's just not convenient."

Lyman nodded. "Alright. I'll come with you to pick one out for her."

"Aren't you going to ask if she even knows how to drive?" Effie joked.

didn't, why would you buy her a car? Wouldn't it just take

a better car. She'd insisted she already had one, and for her daily commute, something simple was

since she usually rode to work with Lyman anyway. She didn't really

the old gas car was too much trouble-she wanted

Grandpa got sick and needed money for treatment, the family had to

for a spin. Even now, in her seventies, she goes for a medical check-up every year, passes all the tests, and keeps her license

gently. "From now on, I won't let something like that

just gave a noncommittal

little. The only person she

and their family. But when Grandpa fell ill and they needed money Shepard

if the

to take

to talk it over with Lyman?"

Effie

international partners, so he

take you first.

you like, we'll

wait for him

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