Forbidden Passion

Chapter 10 Do you really care about me?

Theodore's words echoed in Phoebe's ears like a thunderboltthunderclap, leaving her pale-faced and feeling a wrenching pain in her heart. Her eyes grew sore and swollen. She reached for the medicine on the bedside table and swallowed it in one gulp, the bitter taste of the liquid causing her stomach to convulse.

Suppressing the urge to vomit, she stood up and walked towards the door. "I'll take the bowl down."

With the way things hadve escalated between them, it was impossible for them to share the same bed tonight. She briskly left the room with the bowl in her hands.

As the door closed behind her, she heard another loud thud. She didn't know what unfortunate item had become Theodore's venting tool this time.

She stood in the hallway for a while until her pain subsided, and then she went downstairs.

Mrs. Reynolds and the maid were in the living room, watching variety shows and munching on sunflower seeds. When they saw Phoebe coming down with the bowl, the maid quickly got up and took it from her. "Phoebe, why did you bring it down yourself?"

Phoebe forced a smile. "I wanted to take a walk outside and happened to bring it down."

"It's so late, are you sure you want to go out? Is Theodore asleep? If he's not, ask him to accompany you. It's not safe for you to go out alone," Mrs. Reynolds interjected.

She was indeed unhappy with Phoebe becoming Theodore's wife, but regardless of her dissatisfaction, it was her son who had gotten the other woman pregnant.

The men of the Reynolds family were known for taking responsibility for their actions.

Now that Phoebe had married into the Reynolds family, as long as she gave birth to a healthy grandchild, her humble origins could be overlooked.

Just look at Christian and his wife, they're quite affectionate towards each other.

Phoebe lowered her gaze, fixating on the tip of her shoe. Mrs. Reynolds was a romantic person, having prepared matching slippers and sleepwear for Phoebe and Theodore.

knew that they had fallen out of love two and a half years ago, would she

not go out," Phoebe said as she made

disappeared into the hallway that the maid approached Mrs. Reynolds and whispered in a hushed voice, "I noticed that Phoebe's eyes were red, did they have a fight?" Mrs. Reynolds frowned, placing the seeds

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the lawn and arrived at the lake. The cool breeze of the summer night tousled her long hair, making her figure appear even more fragile. Her phone buzzed incessantly in her pocket, and she knew who was calling. After

who persists tirelessly is none

that if she didn't answer, she could endure a whole night

breath and answered the phone. Mrs. Ziegler's angry voice came through her cellphone, "Phoebe, what's wrong with you? I've been calling all day!, Wwhy didn't you answer?" "Mom," Phoebe moved the phone further away, "can you please

sharp, "I care about you, and you're saying

I can continue to benefit you? If you truly cared about me,

Phoebe heard

said it

the point of delving into how they got married? "So that's what you think of me, Phoebe, you are truly heartless." Mrs.

said it before, I can support a child on my own,

of that reckless night, because of the unexpected child,

marriage started off so wretchedly,

her tone, "If I didn't go to him, are you saying you would have married Edward? Phoebe, when

never considered marrying him." Phoebe's eyes were stinging with pain, a blink away from tears. Until now, the memory of that

Theodore took her out to entertain, at the

came a day when

drunk, and she helped him to the hotel room to rest. He was too heavy, and once they entered

and when she regained her senses, she realized she was pinned beneath Theodore, which frightened her,

sleeping lion, and in the end, she was devoured by him to nothing