Forbidden Passion

Chapter 529 Some People Can't Be Missed

Phoebe and Theodore strolled past the secretary's desk, fingers intertwined. Carol, catching sight of their clasped hands, nearly knocked over her water cup in shock. She quickly stood up. "Mr. Reynolds, Ms. Ziegler."

Theodore, always the ice king in front of others, gave a slight nod without even glancing around and headed straight for the elevator.

Carol watched them go, then sneakily pulled out her phone to snap a pic of their retreating figures.

Once Phoebe and Theodore were in the elevator, Carol plopped back down. She checked the new employee group chat, which was already blowing up with messages.

That morning, Donovan had thrown a fit in the CEO's office, and now everyone was buzzing, betting that Phoebe was about to lose her spot.

The drama was juicy, and everyone was eating it up.

Phoebe was just a regular girl, and a lot of the female employees had a chip on their shoulder about her. Why did she get to marry into money while they were all stuck working? Carol anonymously dropped the photo in the group chat with a caption.

Carol: [Check out this lovey-dovey couple!]

The chat went dead silent.

The Reynolds Group was smack in the middle of the bustling financial district, right next to a mall and a pedestrian street lined with bubble tea shops.

The afternoon sun was blazing, and the pedestrian street was packed. Most of the bubble tea shops had lines out the door.

Theodore turned to Phoebe. "Which bubble tea do you want?" he asked, still holding her hand.

Phoebe tried to remember the bubble tea Donovan had bought. It seemed to be from the shop with the longest line.

so many people.

her straight to that shop and joined the end of the line. "Let's get

on him. His high nose and deep-set eyes gave him an aloof, indifferent vibe. Theodore was tall,

"This shop has the longest line.

of us to an amusement park. I really wanted to

Theodore talk about his childhood,

continued, "The line was too long. Christopher wanted to do something else, and Madison wanted to ride the carousel. My mom was alone and couldn't make all three of us happy at once. I was the oldest,

about that day a lot and felt regret for missing that ride. So, Phoebe, some things can't be missed. If you love it enough, it's worth waiting in line for hours on

felt that Theodore made a lot

want to

an adult now, so some things, once missed, are missed forever. Since then,

this, he looked at Phoebe with a gaze so intense it felt like he was peering into her

hadn't had the bubble tea yet,

you missed

was fishing to see if Theodore had ever

He glanced at the caller ID, gave Phoebe a quick gesture, and stepped aside to take the call. Phoebe

was said made Theodore frown. After a

Is there an emergency at the company?"

just said he wouldn't miss out on things he liked, but now he was about to eat

they weren't getting bubble tea today. She said, "I suddenly don't feel like bubble tea anymore. Let's go." Theodore looked at her, wanting to say something but holding back. "It's okay. You stay here and wait in line. I'll

it anymore. Let's go," Phoebe said,

he caught up,

Marlowe, and they're at the

eyes widened. "Why didn't you say so earlier? Let's hurry over. We

hail a cab. Luckily,