Forbidden Passion

Chapter 18 Chickens and Eggs

On her way back home, Phoebe received a call from Mrs. Reynolds.

"Are you home? I'll be coming over in a bit to bring you some local specialties from a friend and let Auntie cook something nourishing for both of you," Mrs. Reynolds said over the phone.

Before Phoebe had a chance to refuse, Mrs. Reynolds hung up. She was always busy and rarely considered other people's feelings. Since she had said she was coming, Phoebe hurried home. When she arrived at the apartment building, Mr. Mrs. Reynolds was already waiting there.

"Has the access code to your house changed again?" Mrs. Reynolds, dressed in a wine-red dress and high heels, looked imposing.

Phoebe quickly pressed the code. "It was changed by Mr. Reynolds himself."

Speaking of changing the code, Phoebe felt quite embarrassed.

There was a time when the cleaning lady forgot her phone and came back to retrieve it, only to catch them together. This incident caused Theodore to have a serious psychological shadow.

He not only fired the cleaning lady but also changed the code, not allowing strangers to freely enter their home.

to his casual behavior with her, he was a man who

Mrs. Reynolds had never heard her call him

Phoebe: "..."

boxes at the door inside. The boxes were quite heavy, and she placed them on the shoe cabinet, then brought

rare, just some free-range chickens raised by my friend's relatives and some

inside. Her eyes swept over the

Mrs. Reynolds on the day before her birthday, but considering that her birthday was only a few days away, she handed the paper bag to Mrs. Reynolds. "Mom, this is the birthday gift I bought for you. Please have a look and

the size of the paper bag, she knew what

daughter-in-law, no matter what it is, I will be happy." Mrs. Reynolds opened the box

produced worldwide." Mrs. Reynolds truly loved bags. She held it in her hands and looked left and right, completely infatuated. Phoebe saw how much she liked it,

said. "Phoebe, quickly take a few pictures of me, I want to show

few pictures for her. Mrs. Reynolds sat beside her and they looked at the photos together. As soon as she saw the photos, she was stunned. "Phoebe, have

had arrived in the blink of an eye, and her birthday banquet was held at the ReynoldsSheng Mansion as it was every year. They had hired the top chef team in the country to

breakfast, Mrs. Reynolds noticed the dark circles under her eyes and furrowed her brow, asking, "Phoebe,

on her. Phoebe felt extremely awkward and blurted out, "I'm fine, I