Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon novel Chapter 451

Effie Bagnold glanced at the unconscious man sprawled on the ground, tossed her makeshift club aside, and shrugged off her jacket. She threw it to Fidelia Etheridge. “Put this on,” Effie said briskly. “Vinson Elliott and his guys are searching for you. If they spot you like this, it won’t look good.”

Fidelia felt a flicker of gratitude, though she had no intention of letting it show. She tugged the jacket on and muttered, “Don’t expect me to thank you.”

The girls were just about to slip away when Effie suddenly felt something clamp around her calf. She looked down— the man she’d knocked out had come to.

“You little witch—how dare you lay a hand on me?” he spat, his eyes wild with rage, as though he might tear Effie apart at any moment.

Fear surged through Fidelia as she saw the man lurch upright. She shrieked, backing away in terror.

Effie shot her a look. “Don’t just stand there! Run! Go get help!”

While the man’s focus shifted to Fidelia’s scream, Effie crouched to grab the club she’d left on the floor. But the man caught the movement and lashed out, kicking her hard. Effie crashed to the ground.

“Effie!” Fidelia screamed.

But the fall worked in Effie’s favor—she managed to grab the club. She seized it and swung, cracking it against the man’s head once more. He’d already been woozy from the earlier blow; now, with this fresh hit, he slumped over, well and truly out cold.

Effie wasted no time. She gripped the club tight in one hand, grabbed Fidelia’s wrist with the other, and the two of them bolted out of the abandoned school.

At the front gates, they finally spotted Vinson Elliott, Randell Hoffman, and the others. Nita had been found, along with the rest—among them, Isabel Foster.