Forbidden Passion

Chapter 170 What Are You Doing?

It felt like karmic retribution.

Once Mrs. Reynolds found out about her husband's infidelity, she was curious to see whether she could still so easily claim such matters were none of her concern. "Vanessa, come on up; it's scorching outside," Ruby called from the second-floor window ledge, waving at Vanessa.

Vanessa looked up, saw her, and hurriedly put her index finger to her lips, signaling for her to be quieter, "Don't be so loud. I'm coming up." Ruby stuck out her tongue playfully.

Vanessa quickly appeared at the door of the second-floor private room, and Ruby welcomed her in, "What were you doing just now?"

"Guess who I just bumped into?" Vanessa walked in, closing the door of the room behind her.

Seeing the excitement in Vanessa's eyes, Ruby ventured a guess, "You didn't happen to see Phoebe and Edward in a secret rendezvous, did you?"

"Something even more explosive than that." Vanessa poured herself a glass of water and gulped it down before recounting everything she had just witnessed to Ruby.

Ruby was shocked, "No way, the Reynolds are known as a loving couple in high society circles. Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

couldn't have been mistaken,"

as her mind raced to concoct some sort of scheme. Then she suggested mischievously, "Vanessa, do

what would happen if Phoebe knew about Brandon's affair but didn't tell Mrs. Reynolds. Would Mrs. Reynolds still treat her

Still...

this plan difficult

everything to me. Don't get

and hugged her, "Ruby, you're too good

most loyal supporter; your happiness is the

you were a guy, I'd stop having a crush on Theodore and start loving you instead," Vanessa said

her gently, "With words like that, I'd go through fire and water

a nagging feeling that something was

tried to make light of

have this gut feeling that something is about to happen,"

this strong sense of foreboding, she ended up having a miscarriage the day after

ease her mind, "Don't worry, there's only one reason for your concern: stress. I just bought some steam eye masks and eye