Forbidden Passion

Chapter 586 Phoebe Was Kidnapped

As the sun dipped and the neon lights flickered on, Phoebe had been parked in that coffee shop for what felt like forever, her coffee long gone cold. Vanessa strutted in, fashionably late as always.

A shadow loomed, and Phoebe didn't even need to glance up. That overpowering floral perfume screamed Vanessa.

She stiffly set her paper cup down and slowly lifted her gaze to meet Vanessa's.

Vanessa was decked out in a down jacket plastered with Chanel logos, her makeup on point, making Phoebe look like she'd been through the wringer. Vanessa leaned back, eyes drifting to the passersby outside, then back to Phoebe.

"Phoebe, you have no idea how much I hated you when I heard Theodore married you four years ago," Vanessa said, cool as a cucumber.

Phoebe dropped her eyes, a smirk playing on her lips, "Did you kill Donovan?"

"Hold your horses," Vanessa said smoothly, "Hear me out. We might never get another chance to chat like this."

Phoebe's fists clenched. She wanted to bolt, but she also needed the truth.

Vanessa eyed Phoebe's puffy eyes. She'd been crying, and that made Vanessa feel pretty damn good.

"I've known Theodore forever. We were high school sweethearts. He was my first love. I loved him more than anyone, but he married you? Why? You're just a maid's daughter. What right do you have to marry him, to take the spot I've been dreaming of all these years?"

Vanessa went on, "Remember that day on the second-floor terrace of the Reynolds Mansion? I really wished you'd fallen to your death. Then you wouldn't have been in the way of me and Theodore getting back together."

Phoebe's knuckles cracked as she clenched her fists. She stared at Vanessa's twisted, ferocious face, thinking how ugly she looked.

clothes and makeup, with a heart that ugly, how could

you couldn't hurt me, so you killed Donovan,

"You say I killed Donovan, then show me the evidence and bring me

right do you have?" Vanessa's face looked fragile and crazed in the shifting light.

voice was strained, "I never intended to take anything from you. It was you who rejected him first, abandoned him later. How can you blame others for your mistakes? Vanessa, the

yelled, "If you hadn't seduced him and gotten pregnant with his child, would he have married you? Phoebe, what right do you have to

conversation with Vanessa, "Are you finished? Can

head sinisterly, looking at Phoebe with a smile,

it's not about Donovan. It's about you. Do you know who

heart skipped a beat,

I didn't pull the strings. It was Ruby. She wanted Theodore to misunderstand that you had an affair with Edward, but she ended up dealing with the kid in your belly too. Heard you haven't been able to get pregnant again these past three years and have been popping pills

like a drum, her ears buzzing. She stared at

mock pity, "Phoebe, Ruby is not on your side.. She set you up

me this? Isn't Ruby your bestie?" She glared at Vanessa,

is priceless." Vanessa laughed as she got up, leaning on a cane as she

there, frozen, watching Vanessa's figure fade away. Her

someone like Vanessa left Phoebe in a daze, unsure whether to pity

shop for what felt like forever until a waiter came over to remind her they were closing.

street was bone-chillingly cold, with barely anyone around. Phoebe, dressed lightly, walked along the

raced as she wandered the empty street, her mind a whirlwind, feeling

to a stop by the curb, and two men in black got

screamed danger, and she

were