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.

fingers slowly sliding down to

He replied, "Yeah."

was stunned,

spoke wearily, "This needed to be dealt with sooner rather than later." After getting the paternity test results yesterday, Theodore

desperate to keep the truth about the identity swap hidden, had already gone as far as harming Grace.

willful, was never someone who'd

the facts were right there, leaving him no choice

all night and finally decided to call Madison to

to kick her out of the Reynolds family as soon as he had a new sister and blamed Phoebe for instigating it, vowing not to let Phoebe off.

Madison, whom he'd cherished since she was young, crying and begging, Theodore couldn't bear

he wouldn't procrastinate. "Yeah,

for her to know now;

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

had done nothing wrong, but Madison never thought she was some pure and kind

asking when she'd head

Evelyn decided to swing by the

the time work wrapped up, Evelyn

last-minute meeting and couldn't join them, so Phoebe and Evelyn went

sat shotgun and asked about

yesterday. The doc said the brain hemorrhage from the fall messed with his memory. He might not remember some stuff. If he doesn't recognize you, don't take it personally." "Is

Why would you

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

when we get to the hospital, let's hit up 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."