Forbidden Passion

Chapter 140: Unforeseen Revelations

The doctor wasted no time, he quickly fetched a pair of tweezers to meticulously remove the shards of glass embedded in Vanessa's palm, it was so painful she nearly passed out.

Once her wound was bandaged, Vanessa's already pale face turned ghostly white. Theodore scooped her up and carried her back to the car. Ruby moved to follow, but Vanessa gave her a look, and Ruby quickly improvised. "Theodore, please take care of Vanessa. She left her bag at Todi Stadium in the rush-I need to go back for it."

"Alright," Theodore replied as he closed the car door. At the same moment, Jack drove out of the hospital.

Inside the car, Theodore pulled out his phone and opened WeChat, only to be greeted by a photo of Phoebe and Edward smiling at each other. His grip on the phone tightened, a storm brewing on his handsome face.

Vanessa leaned back in her seat, noticing Theodore was down. She whispered "Theodore, just take me to the hotel, please. My mom just had a heart bypass, and she'll worry if she sees my hand like this." "You're too injured for a hotel." Theodore frowned deeply.

Vanessa's eyelashes fluttered pitifully as she looked down. "But I don't want to worry about her, she fell ill because of me."

a moment, Theodore instructed Jack. "Head to the Imperial

only had one apartment at Imperial, the one he shared

Mrs. Reynolds?" Jack asked

scoffed, "It's my place. I don't need

had no comeback, silently turning

take her straight to the

sent by Christopher and tapped

a beat as

the video, a girl in a pink dress sat at a piano, bathed in light, her eyes closed as notes cascaded from her fingers. Anyone who knew piano understood the difficulty of controlling the rhythm of "Love Song," and Vanessa was no exception. To convey the celestial sound of such an emotional piece

gala. She had planned to deal a blow to Phoebe's career and love life by her absence, expecting the piano performance to be canceled. But

"Love Song" reached its crescendo, the piano's urgency and rich