Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 493

Chapter 493

Suddenly, Lyman heard footsteps echoing nearby.

A hopeful smile broke out on his face. He tossed his cigarette aside, crushed it underfoot, and turned eagerly toward the sound.

He knew Effie hated his smoking. Ever since they'd been together, he'd barely touched a cigarette-only today, with his mood in shambles, did he give in.

If Effie showed up and got upset, he'd just apologize, sincerely this time.

The footsteps grew louder, closer.

Lyman waited, anticipation lighting up his features. But as the figure came into view, his smile froze.

It wasn't Effie.

A young woman, maybe in her early twenties, spotted Lyman and stopped in her tracks. Something like awe flickered in her eyes; then, blushing furiously, she bolted past him.

He caught the faintest whisper as she hurried by: "Wow... what a hottie."

to sneak another look, but Lyman's quiet intensity made her

off the awkwardness, another set of footsteps

time, Lyman didn't let himself hope. He

familiar silhouette appeared at the

in surprise, then a slow, lopsided grin tugged at

she was limping, every

help me, will you? I twisted my ankle," Effie called out, her voice

a heartbeat and scooped her into his arms. “Too eager to see

tight, so she'd rented

taken the stairs down, and in her rush, she'd

to admit it. "The hallway light's busted,"

light's out?” Lyman replied, his

embarrassment, Effie buried her face against

voice softened. "I'm sorry about earlier. I can explain,

locked on hers, hope shining in every line of his face. Effie pressed her lips together, then gave a determined

was no way she could sleep. But the moment she spotted Lyman from upstairs, something shifted. Why punish herself for someone else's mistake? If anyone deserved to

him explain, she

a breath. “Isabel got harassed by some crazed fan at the hospital. The guy actually followed her all the way back to my mom's neighborhood. So my mom Isabel stay at the apartment complex

Effie. "I sat