Forbidden Passion

Chapter 233 Vanessa, Who Did This to Your Face?

'Fight, let them fight!' Vanessa thought.

But a fight was out of the question. Theodore eyed Phoebe with a narrowed gaze and coldly asked, "What's your problem?"

Phoebe replied, "I'm just too full."

Phoebe pushed her chair back and turned around only to see Vanessa standing at the dining room entrance, offering them a half-smile that hid a sneer.

As Phoebe passed by Vanessa, she paused and said, in a voice low enough for only the two of them to hear, "Miss Fitzroy, your shameless behavior is quite the eye-opener." Vanessa's cheeks flushed, burning with embarrassment.

Phoebe walked away.

Then Theodore's eyes fell on Vanessa, and he noticed the imprint of a slap on her face, which seemed even more evident than before, her cheeks reddening as if about to bleed. "Vanessa, what's wrong?"

Vanessa snapped back to reality, looking at Theodore, she shook her head gently. "No, I'm fine... just not very hungry."

eat. You've been working all

room and took a seat beside

the earlier under-the-table

appetite had vanished. This meal

down her fork, she said, "Aunt, I'm really full. Please, go

glanced at Vanessa's nearly untouched plate with concern, noting the swelling on one side of

who did this to your face? They sure had a heavy

her head to conceal the bruise, "Oh, it's nothing,

big star now. If the paparazzi got a photo, who knows what kind of stories they'd come up with," Mrs. Reynolds chattered. Vanessa couldn't tell if Mrs.

later. Such a pretty face shouldn't be swollen like that," Mrs. Reynolds

Vanessa replied, turning her head

her face to gain sympathy from Theodore but wasn't keen on being pitied by

topics. After expressing her concern, she went back to her own meal, taking a sip of the

soup was too salty and rich for her taste; not her cup of tea. She put the bowl aside and took

outside had lightened, and the driver called to say he was

watching TV in the living room. Seeing Mrs. Reynolds getting ready to leave, she quickly stood up, "Mom, with the rain pouring like this, why