Forbidden Passion

Chapter320 Revenge Must Be Timely

Phoebe buried her head in her food, not noticing Noah's unusual behavior. After she filled her stomach, her drained energy began to recover significantly.

The others had long since put down their utensils. Phoebe wiped her mouth with a napkin, removing the lipstick she had just reapplied.

Cindy noticed her chapped lips and immediately knew what she had been up to during her hour-long absence. 'No wonder she was eating so much, she must have been starving!! Cindy glanced sympathetically at Noah and thought, 'Noah, as long as Theodore is around, you don't stand a chance.'

"Has everyone finished eating?" Phoebe put down her napkin and glanced around at the group. The chef had already stopped preparing dishes, but Phoebe still asked. Everyone expressed that they were stuffed and could barely move.

Phoebe got up to pay the bill. Tonight, they had ordered top-grade Japanese cuisine and drank several bottles of sake and wine, costing nearly thirty thousand dollars.

Phoebe used the secondary card Theodore had given her to settle the bill. After paying, the waiter gave her a small Culinary Haven doll, which was said to be a limited edition collaboration with a certain blue-blood brand, priceless and rare. The doll was both ugly and cute. As soon as she took it, Noah's voice sounded beside her. "Phoebe, can I have that doll?"

"Here you go." Phoebe handed it to him without thought.

Noah finally showed his first smile of the night, revealing his teeth in a rather adorable way. Phoebe said, "You haven't said much tonight. Are you feeling upset?"

The concert tonight was quite successful, and the other members were all very happy. Only Noah seemed down and had been silent.

Noah's gaze paused for a moment at the corner of her skin-broken mouth and immediately slid away. He mumbled, "No."

"Are you feeling guilty because your fans attacked me?" Phoebe guessed.

Noah looked down at his shoes, his heart full of unexpressed affection.

He blushed in aggravation and shook his head straight in depression.

back. "Alright, my big star. I'm fine, and I don't blame you. Don't

"I'm not feeling

If she had a younger brother, he would be just as considerate. She tilted her head to look into his eyes. "Let's go home then. Stop crying." Noah's eyes and nose felt hot as if he

lie. Seeing the others coming out, she didn't say

from Culinary Haven, Cindy linked her arm with Phoebe's. "Let's go, Miss Ziegler.

I don't have a car,"

the Imperial Apartment. Culinary Haven was close to the Imperial Apartment, and it was a

app and said, "What's going on between you and Theodore

exhausted, Phoebe didn't want

"Phoebe, shouldn't you

you

what I mean. You and Theodore have been

is not

a huff and poked at the bite mark on Phoebe's neck, saying,

yourself. If you have feelings for him, hold on to him. Don't wait until

the slightest possibility between her and Theodore, she wouldn't be facing it

the entrance of the Imperial Apartment. After they parted ways, Phoebe's phone

it?"

fanning the flames. Tracing it back, I discover the company these paid posters work for. I just contacted their manager. It turns out Ruby transferred a sum of money to them to smear you," said John on

narrowed. "So

should we do now?"

the wound on her lip, the sting making it

to touch her based on the billion-dollar investment she had

to replace her in the role. They were never dependent on her alone. John asked, "What should