Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon novel 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.

Lyman shot her an amused look. “If she didn’t, why would you buy her a car? Wouldn’t it just take up space in the garage?”

He remembered how Effie had turned down his offer to get her a better car. She’d insisted she already had one, and for her daily commute, something simple was enough. She’d used that same reasoning to refuse him.

Originally, Effie had planned to let her grandmother use her own car, since she usually rode to work with Lyman anyway. She didn’t really need it.

But her grandmother thought the old gas car was too much trouble—she wanted something electric.

Effie explained, “Grandma got her license when she was young and she’s always been driving. Later, when Grandpa got sick and needed money for treatment, the family had to sell almost everything—including her beloved car.”

“She really loves driving—loves taking the car out 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 tucked in her purse, just in case.”