Forbidden Passion

Chapter 506 Can You Stay with Me?

Vanessa never thought she'd get a call from Theodore, and knowing he was coming over had her buzzing with excitement.

She jumped in the shower, dolled herself up, and ordered a fancy dinner for two from a swanky five-star joint to be delivered to her place. Vanessa set the steaks and lit the candles just as the doorbell rang.

She strutted out of the dining room, spritzed on some perfume, and hobbled on her crutch to open the door. There stood Theodore, wrapped in a dark gray coat. Whether it was the lighting or something else, Theodore, usually as solid as a rock, looked like he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. Vanessa was taken aback, speechless for a moment.

It wasn't until Theodore looked up, his eyes deep and unreadable, that Vanessa snapped out of it. "Theodore, what's up?"

Theodore stared at her and said, "Vanessa, change your clothes. We're heading out."

Vanessa's heart raced. 'Where's Theodore taking me?' she wondered.

"Hold on a sec." Vanessa turned around and almost tripped over her long dress. She hurried to her bedroom, changed clothes, and came out leaning on her cane. Passing by the dining room, Vanessa glanced at the perfectly set candlelit dinner, bit her lip, and walked towards the door.

She sat quietly in the back seat, sneaking glances at Theodore beside her, feeling super uneasy. "Theodore, where are we going?"

Theodore stayed silent. Leaving the Fitzroys' place, he felt a heavy burden. He hadn't expected Vanessa to cut ties with her family for him.

Now that Sophia was seriously ill, he couldn't just sit around and do nothing.

The car zoomed through the night and finally pulled up at the Fitzroy family's place. Vanessa peeked out the window and saw the familiar gate, her eyes instantly welling up. Theodore said, "Go in, Sophia's waiting for you."

Vanessa clenched her fists so tight her nails almost dug into her skin. She turned away and said coldly, "No. They ditched me."

Sophia's sick and needs a heart transplant, but she's got no will to live. You're her daughter. If you don't go in and talk to her, she won't go to

his tone was ice-cold. "Convince

like her world was crumbling. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Sophia had surgery before, and the doc said she was doing fine.

and got out. He walked around, opened her door, and

what, your parents have done a lot for you. I

falling apart. She stared blankly

moment. He said, "Go in, I'll wait for you out

on anything and just kept staring at the clock, watching

picked up her phone. All her social media apps were dead

eleven, Phoebe thought she should hit the sack, but her body just wouldn't

a number. When she heard the voice on the other end, she

quickly tried to hang up, but the call had already connected. She stammered,

come back tonight," Theodore's cold and tired voice came

about to say something when she heard another voice in the background,

It was Vanessa's voice.

even wait to hear the rest of what Vanessa was saying before she hastily hung up. She clutched her

at night with Vanessa,

any wife more pathetic

coat pocket, and turned to see Vanessa coming out with a luggage bag. She was struggling to walk, so he quickly walked over and took the bag from her. Then Theodore said to James and Sophia, "Let's go. I've arranged everything at the hospital.

but she looked much better than she had in the afternoon at

at Theodore and said, "Theodore, I'm sorry