Forbidden Passion

Chapter 30 The Wise Lady Reynolds

Because sometimes reality speaks louder than words.

Vanessa stood up. "Miss Ziegler, rest up. I'm looking forward to your comeback."

"Hey, have you no shame?" Mrs. Ziegler burst in, pointing accusingly at Vanessa.

She'd been fuming outside, eavesdropping. Were mistresses so brazen these days?

Vanessa remained cool and collected. "Auntie, it was your daughter who stole someone's love. It's pretty clear who lacks shame."

Phoebe looked at her coldly. "My memory might be failing, but wasn't it Miss Fitzroy who left Theodore first? There's no basis for your accusation."

She refused to carry that burden!

Mrs. Ziegler, bolstered by her daughter's words, retorted, "Yeah, you left Theodore. Can't he marry someone else?"

their united front, Vanessa left, her face turning a furious shade

visibly upset. "What in the world? I knew there was something off about that woman. Phoebe, you can't let her get to you. You are

Vanessa. She had always known Vanessa's return spelled trouble. And Phoebe's lackluster response? Surely, she wasn't considering a divorce from Theodore to rekindle an

needed to have a talk

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Reynolds with Madison and Christopher twice, and Theodore's father Brandon stopped by

hinted on Messenger that Theodore was in Kedora the whole

didn't want

to

had suffered, that caused her to cough up blood, were mostly healed after her two-day hospital stay. She insisted on being discharged to

otherwise, Mrs. Ziegler had begrudgingly proceeded with the

had she left

facial bruises had faded, but his expression bore marks of weariness. He stood by her bedside

her side. Somehow the Vanderbilts had caught wind of his fight with Theodore, and the fact that he was keeping a vigil for Phoebe, prompting his

until today when his brother finally released him. He raced to