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.

casual behavior with her, he was a

always call Theodore Mr. Reynolds?" Mrs. Reynolds had never heard her call him that

Phoebe: "..."

and Phoebe quickly let Mrs. Reynolds in, then moved the pile of boxes at the door inside. The boxes were quite heavy, and she placed them on the shoe cabinet, then brought a pair of slippers

nothing rare, just some free-range chickens raised by my friend's relatives

the slippers and walked inside. Her eyes swept over the orange paper bag Phoebe was holding and she said,

had originally planned to give it to Mrs. Reynolds on the day before her birthday, but considering that her birthday was only a few days away,

often went shopping at Hermès, and from the size of the paper bag, she knew what was inside. She eagerly took it and couldn't wait to

the box and took out a shiny platinum

only a few were 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,

really love it." Mrs. Reynolds said. "Phoebe, quickly take a few pictures of me,

out her phone and snapped a 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 you studied photography?" Chapter 19 Chapter

held at the ReynoldsSheng Mansion as it was every year. They had

muster any enthusiasm. During breakfast, Mrs. Reynolds noticed the dark circles under her eyes and furrowed her brow, asking, "Phoebe, did you not sleep

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