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.

that they had fallen out of love two

just walk around the garden, not go out,"

and whispered in a hushed voice, "I noticed that Phoebe's eyes were red, did they have a fight?" Mrs. Reynolds

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estate was vast. Phoebe walked around 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

tirelessly is none other than her

if she didn't answer, she could endure a

wrong with you? I've been calling all day!, Wwhy didn't you answer?" "Mom," Phoebe moved the phone further away, "can you please

Mrs. Ziegler said incredulously, her voice becoming sharp, "I care about you, and you're saying I'm bothering you? Do you have

me? Do you care about whether I can secure Mrs. Reynolds' position, whether I can continue to benefit you? If you truly cared about me, you wouldn't have gone behind my back and

gently, and Phoebe heard her own breath

said

inside. She and Theodore had been married for three years, what was the point of delving into how they got married? "So that's what you

to argue with her, but the words came out firmly, "I said it before, I can support a child on my own, I don't rely on anyone, why did you need

disliked each other, forced to come together because of that reckless

so wretchedly, how could it be

go to him, are you saying you

pain, a blink away

her out to entertain, at the banquet, she blocked several glasses of

his secretary didn't need to block alcohol for him. If there came a day when he

rest. He was too heavy, and once they entered the room, both of them stumbled and fell

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

sleeping lion, and in the