Forbidden Passion

Chapter 227 Don’t Sweet-talk Me, Go Charm Your Husband Instead

"I'm not going. Have someone run the errand and deliver it," Theodore stood firm, raising his voice so Phoebe could hear him outside.

Indeed, Phoebe heard everything. She was embarrassed and hurt that Mrs. Reynolds would ask Theodore to go downstairs to get medicine for her and that he refused. She said, "Mom, I'll call for a delivery, let's not trouble Mr. Reynolds."

Theodore was speechless...

He jabbed a verbal barb at her and she fired one right back. Impressive!

He was about ready to blow a gasket but kept a smile plastered on his face and said to Mrs. Reynolds, "Mom, did you hear that? Ms. Ziegler can handle herself."

Mrs. Reynolds chuckled, "You two with your formal 'Mr. Reynolds' and 'Ms. Ziegler,' anyone listening would think you were playing some flirty game."

"Bang!" Vanessa, who was on potato-chopping duty, missed her mark and the knife thudded into the cutting board, narrowly missing her fingers. Heart racing, she barely registered Theodore swooping in across the kitchen counter to take the knife out of her hands.

let me do

other side of the counter, Mrs. Reynolds felt like whacking him. He doesn't care enough about his own wife, but fusses over another

to watch, Mrs. Reynolds turned

an order on the app. With the rain, delivery fees had surged. After finalizing her

man in the house is sometimes less

brought her a hot cup of water. She had once thought Phoebe

Phoebe was a million

and play the martyr, making Theodore do it for her. However, Phoebe wouldn't-not even if she

daughter-in-law, she might not even taste the food Vanessa made before Vanessa had her son wrapped around her

like about Vanessa

but with the rain, it might take an hour to arrive." Phoebe had cleaned out the medicine cabinet earlier,

drugstore's just outside the complex-a ten-minute trip! What if your condition worsens? Theodore is

no big deal, Mom, just a little cold. I'll be fine with some hot water," Phoebe reassured her, taking a few sips of the hot water. "See, it works fast. I already feel like I don't need to... Ah-choo!"