Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 473

"Effie, you sly thing," Annabel teased. "You know a celebrity like Maurice, and you still come running to me for help?"

Effie hesitated, not quite sure how to explain. "Sorry, Annabel. Maurice has been filming overseas in a closed set for months. I honestly had no idea he was back and available."

Annabel just laughed. "All I'm saying is, Lyman's in trouble now."

"What?" Effie blinked in confusion.

Annabel chuckled. "I've got my hands full with the kids, otherwise who knows what mess that guy would drag me into this time."

And with that, Annabel ended the call.

Effie stared at her now-dark phone screen, puzzling over Annabel's cryptic remark. What exactly did she mean by that?

But she barely had time to dwell on it. The live stream was getting crazier by the second; the viewer count was climbing at a dizzying pace.

People flooded the chat with questions: What was going on? Why had Maurice suddenly dropped into this stream? Was there something going on between the host and Maurice?

Soon, the truth emerged-this was the official channel for Etheridge & Co. Jewels.

Was Maurice about to become the new face of Etheridge & Co.? Was that why he'd made this

clearly nervous, steered clear of any

because Maurice had joined. But it wasn't long before Shirley won them

stunning jewelry

the line she and Effie had prepared ahead of

she spoke, it was as if she shimmered-radiant, golden, impossible to ignore. Her words struck a chord. In just a few seconds, her follower

Suzan's praises. Her

had Suzan been so insistent on pushing the new designs to production so quickly? The pieces were gorgeous and inspired, sure-but the

"Good

Mitchell pressed

your designs overlap

The Etheridge Group's latest

Do you havesy

a plan to

deal with that?"

pointed stare, as if he could see

they're the ones copying us