Forbidden Passion

Chapter 16 Mia

This statement hit Theodore's sore spot accurately, and he sneered, "Busy with what? Busy compared to me, her boss? It's just a matter of whether she cares enough." Phoebe rolled her eyes, and Vanessa caught it.

The two of them awkwardly locked eyes for two seconds before Vanessa was the first to look away and turn to Theodore.

Compared to the tenderness and consideration she showed towards Phoebe, Theodore's attitude towards her was extremely harsh. She had secretly delighted in their strained relationship as a married couple, but now a After spending several days together, she gradually discovered that things were not as they seemed. In these past few days, Theodore accompanied her to meet many friends, always showing restraint and politeness, never revealing a hint of sharpness or impatience. He was perfect, almost like a gentleman from a bygone era, but his perfection made him seem unreal and difficult to approach. It was as if he wore a mask, only showing his gentle and harmless side to others. But he would reveal his true and worst self to the closest people closest to him. He would freely lose his temper and be sarcastic. Because he knew that person would never truly be angry with him or leave him.

This was a side of Theodore that she had never seen before, and because she had never seen it, she felt anxious and wanted to do something to exacerbate the conflict between them.

"Miss Ziegler, Theodore told me that you will be my manager from now on. We don't have each other's contact information yet, so let's exchange WeChat IDs," Vanessa said, turning to Phoebe and handing her the QR code on her phone. "Scan this."

Phoebe had added the WeChat ID of other artists before, but she had never added Vanessa's. It wasn't because she was proud or timid, but because she felt that their relationship was delicate and it would be better to have less contact. She took out her phone and scanned the QR code, sending a friend request to Vanessa. Vanessa quickly accepted her request and saw her WeChat name, asking with a smile, "Is Mia your nickname?"

Theodore's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly glanced at the rearview mirror. He had never added Phoebe on WeChat and didn't know that her WeChat name was Mia. But the name "Mia" was too special to him. "No, I just randomly picked it," Phoebe replied.

Actually, Mia was her nickname, but since her father passed away, no one in her family called her Mia anymore. When she got WeChat, she decided to use this name for herself.

"Oh, really?" Vanessa sounded a bit disappointed. She casually glanced at Theodore and said, "I thought your nickname was also Mia."

Unintentional words, but intentional listeners.

Also?

beating faster. "So,

that anymore because he's still mad at me," Vanessa said in a somewhat melancholic and

sound in Phoebe's ears and her mind went

suddenly recalled that night, when the drunken man held her, his alcohol-laden breath enveloping her, and he whispered

thought that he knew her nickname and was calling her by it. But she never expected that throughout that entire night, he had been calling for Vanessa. The color drained from her face, and she

know what

"Miss Ziegler, Miss Ziegler, we have arrived, let's get

the mall's

car, feeling a slight weakness in her legs as they touched the ground. A wide and sturdy hand reached out to support her waist. "Why do you look so pale? Did

indifferently, "I've been

feeling sympathy for her. She was playing his own game

a mask. She squeezed herself between

shook her legs

It seems like Miss Ziegler isn't very pleased." "Why do you care if she's happy or not?" Theodore's voice was still gentle, despite his frustrated mood. "If there's

show favoritism towards me like this. I still want to get along well with

ahead, rolled her eyes at their chat. She had indeed overestimated Vanessa's moral

if she thought that if Phoebe was unhappy, she

Theodore said. "Regardless of anything else, you can trust Phoebe's professionalism. She won't let personal emotions

sunglasses, Vanessa's eyes flickered. Theodore's evaluation of Phoebe was quite high, which explained why he had assigned her as the artistic director at QUEEN Entertainment Company. She had always thought that the QUEEN Entertainment Company was Theodore's gift to her upon her return to the country. Now, she had to submit to Phoebe's authority and be limited by her. Just the thought of it made her burn with