Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 402

On the way back, nearly the entire Lawrence family turned out to see Effie and Lyman off. Their enthusiastic send-off startled Effie more than a little.

"Effie, come visit me again when you have the time," Mrs. Lawrence called out warmly.

"I will," Effie promised with a smile.

After exchanging goodbyes several more times, Effie and Lyman finally managed

to escape.

In the car, Effie glanced at Lyman. "Did that take care of everything?"

Lyman nodded. "Pretty much sorted."

Effie gave a little hum of acknowledgement, then hesitated before saying, "I hope you don't think I was overstepping. I just wanted to help you out, that's all. If you didn't like how I handled it, next time I-wait, actually, let's hope there's no next time."

Lyman reached over and patted her hand reassuringly. “Not at all. I wish you'd do it more often-I'd never be unhappy about it."

"Really?" Effie looked at him, her long lashes fluttering like the wings of a butterfly about to take flight.

He gently cupped the back of her head and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead.

of wine on him. It

the gathering, whether the toasts were meant for her or for Lyman, he'd intercepted every single one. He'd

settling in, he leaned back on the

disturb him. She sat quietly beside him, scrolling through her phone.

really was ridiculously handsome-even with his eyes closed, just watching the outline of his face was enough to make

a businessman and not a movie star, Effie thought. If he were famous, the whole world would be infatuated with

eyes-just in time to catch her

caught doing something wrong, and started to look

good-looking?" Lyman's lips curled into a teasing smile,

his gaze, offering a nervous laugh as she pretended not to understand. "My head's spinning a bit. I'm going to

quickly

could tell she was faking, but he just played along, indulging her.

her hand. Effie tensed, her heart

again and settled back, pretending to nap

few moments, Effie let out a quiet sigh of relief. She cracked one eye open and peeked at him-he was still "sleeping." Feeling reassured, she closed her eyes for

finally arrived, Lyman got out of

thought, That's odd. Why didn't

to her side of the car. He opened her door, tooking every bit

out quickly.