Forbidden Passion

Chapter 548 Urge Them to Have Children

Seeing Madison bolt into the elevator, Carol snapped her mouth shut in surprise and muttered, "Some folks never grow up; always stuck in their own little bubble, totally clueless about right and wrong." Phoebe pursed her lips, glanced towards the office, and after a beat, asked, "Do I need to grab any documents?"

"Yeah, these are all of 'em." Carol quickly shoved the papers her way.

Phoebe scooped up the documents and headed into the office.

The place was a wreck, and Theodore's favorite ornament lay shattered on the floor.

Phoebe looked up to see Theodore by the floor-to-ceiling window, puffing on a cigarette, white smoke curling around him.

She set the documents on the desk and slowly walked over to Theodore, reaching out to take the cigarette from his hand. But in the next second, Theodore grabbed her wrist.

Caught off guard, Phoebe found herself pushed against the glass, Theodore's lips crashing onto hers.

The sharp taste of nicotine hit her mouth, making her cough. Theodore let her go, but kept his forehead pressed against hers. He murmured, "Sorry."

Phoebe caught a hint of vulnerability in his voice. Her coughing eased, and her eyes misted over, making her look soft.

She asked, "I heard you called Madison up early this morning. Did you tell her about the paternity test?"

Theodore took a deep drag, inhaling too fast and choking, which made him cough hard.

Seeing this, Phoebe gently patted his back and took the half-burned cigarette from his hand, snuffing it out in the ashtray.

his fingers

He replied, "Yeah."

stunned,

her into his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder. After a long pause, he spoke wearily, "This needed to be dealt with sooner rather than later." After getting the

from last night shattered him. Madison, desperate to keep the truth about the identity swap hidden, had already gone as

spoiled and willful,

right there, leaving him no choice

finally decided to call Madison to

for instigating it, vowing not to let Phoebe off. Furious, Theodore showed Madison the video. Only then did she quiet down, kneeling and begging him not to send her

whom he'd cherished since she was young, crying

decision, he wouldn't procrastinate. "Yeah, it's good to

Madison would find out. It's better for her to know now; maybe

Phoebe. Madison must have thought she had said a lot of bad things about her to Theodore, leading to her

her hate. Phoebe had done nothing wrong, but Madison never thought she was

Evelyn, asking when she'd head

with rush hour traffic, Evelyn decided to swing by the office and

wrapped up, Evelyn

meeting and couldn't join them, so Phoebe

the car, Evelyn sat shotgun and asked about Brandon's

some stuff. If he doesn't recognize you,

said, "He seems sharp as ever. Why would you think it'd

shrugged, "A friend's husband had a brain hemorrhage from a fall. After the hospital saved him, he was out of it for a long time. Even after some recovery, he kept forgetting things, repeating himself." Phoebe imagined Brandon in

the OB-GYN for a check-up. You've been on the meds for almost half a year; we should see if they're working." Evelyn suddenly remembered and brought it up. Phoebe