Forbidden Passion

Chapter 489 Would I Harm You?

Theodore stood in the walk-in closet, staring at his phone as if it had sprouted a second head. Phoebe never hung up on him. He attempted to call again, but it went directly to voicemail. She had turned off her phone.

Frozen for a moment, he then dashed out of the closet.

In the living room, his eyes darted to the coat rack. Phoebe's usual bag was missing. He rushed to the shoe cabinet and yanked it open. One of Phoebe's go-to pairs of shoes was gone.

Phoebe had definitely gone out.

If it was just a regular outing, why wouldn't she answer his calls and even turn off her phone? Anxiety hit Theodore like a ton of bricks.

He thought, 'Where the heck did Phoebe go? The dinner party's about to start. When's she coming back?'

Phoebe sat in her car, staring up at the old building in front of her. This was their old place. She opened the car door and stepped out.

Snowflakes were falling all around as she looked at Donovan's stern face. "Donovan."

"Let's go upstairs first," Donovan cut her off, leading the way into the building.

Phoebe bit her lip but followed him.

They climbed the stairs, the hallway lights flickering on, casting a dim glow on their figures, one tall and one short.

school, it became inconvenient to keep living there, so they moved out. Evelyn's salary had to cover the education

walked through this building countless times, sometimes feeling exhausted,

third floor. Donovan unlocked the door, and a musty, stale smell hit

clenched her fists and heard Donovan

thinking about running away, but eventually, she stepped inside and inquired, "Donovan, where's the stuff you want me to see?" Donovan took a file folder from the coffee table drawer and handed it to her. "Everything you want to know is in here, but

tossed the file folder onto the coffee table, and sat down on the sofa, lighting a

didn't buy it. But after I got back

replied, "Yeah, I

captain of a ship under the Reynolds Group's shipping company? Everyone else on that ship survived

ship perished, and the Reynolds Group paid a big sum in compensation. You can ask Mom if we ever got that money." Phoebe knew all about this. Evelyn never got that compensation and even went to the shipping company a bunch of times,

like crazy. "No way,

cold laugh. "Possible or not, you'll see from these investigation results. Phoebe, I'm your brother. Would I lie

she

like it weighed a ton. After a long moment, Phoebe finally got the guts to open it and pulled out

an old, yellowed

she'd never see him again. But now, seeing Harper's photo in the newspaper, her

newspaper aside to reveal Donovan's findings. The people on that ship had indeed changed their names and were living

Phoebe's eyes widened. "Why?"

"I want to know why too. They said everyone on the

one of the Reynolds Group's businesses. It can't be related to Dad." Donovan's expression shifted slightly.

looked at Donovan in pain. "Donovan, don't say things