Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

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.

her an amused look. "If she didn't, why would you buy her a car? Wouldn't it just take up space in

already had one, and for her daily commute, something simple was enough. She'd used that same

had planned to let her grandmother use her own car, since she usually rode to work with

grandmother thought the old gas car was too much trouble-she

driving. Later, when Grandpa got

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

squeezed Effie's shoulder gently. "From now on, I won't let something like that happen to your family

just gave

meant little. The only person she

down he'd take care of her mother and their family. But when Grandpa fell ill and they needed money Shepard

that old saying: only you know if the water

home to take her grandmother car

hurry? Aren't you going to talk it over with Lyman?" her

did," Effie replied. "He

international partners, so he

first.

like, we'll

him and come