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.

then, Evelyn worked as a maid for the Vanderbilt family. After she and Donovan started high school, it became inconvenient to keep living there, so they moved out. Evelyn's salary had to cover the education of two

feeling exhausted,

the third floor. Donovan unlocked the door, and

fists and heard

folder from the coffee table drawer and handed it to her. "Everything you want to know is in here, but Phoebe, think hard about whether you really want to

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

didn't buy it. But after I got back

"Yeah, I

"Dad supposedly died in a maritime accident, his body never found. But did you know he was the captain of a ship under the Reynolds Group's shipping company? Everyone else

looked at her. "I knew you wouldn't believe it, so I dug around after I got back. The reports said everyone on the 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

head like crazy. "No

you'll see from these investigation results. Phoebe, I'm your

lip. Under Donovan's icy stare, she picked up the file

After a long moment, Phoebe finally got the

was an old, yellowed

five when Harper had his accident. Back then, she just knew she'd never

people on

Phoebe's eyes widened. "Why?"

his cigarette in the ashtray and looked down at the nearly collapsing Phoebe. "I want to know why too. They said everyone on the ship died,

is just one of the Reynolds Group's businesses. It can't be related to Dad." Donovan's expression shifted slightly. "Did you know that before Dad went to sea, he met with Brandon and they had an argument? Maybe he killed

Donovan in pain. "Donovan, don't say