Forbidden Passion

Chapter 588 Phoebe, I'm Coming To Save You

Theodore picked up the call in a heartbeat, and a weird, robotic voice came through, like it was using some high-tech voice changer.

"Mr. Reynolds, I hear you've been on the hunt for Mrs. Reynolds. Sorry for the lack of a heads-up. We kinda borrowed Mrs. Reynolds and your side piece for a bit." Theodore froze, eyes narrowing with a cold glint. "What do you want?"

"Mr. Reynolds, you're sharp. No need for small talk. Five hundred million bucks each, and if you're short by even a penny, I'll start chopping fingers."

"Don't hurt them. I'll get the cash together right now," Theodore said, keeping his cool. He should've known something was off last night when he felt that gut feeling about Phoebe.

The kidnapper's smug voice continued, "Mr. Reynolds, you sure know how to look after your ladies. Now, hustle and get the money. No cops, or you'll be picking up bodies. I'll call you back." And with that, the kidnapper hung up, no hesitation.

"Hello? Hello?!" Theodore shouted into the dead line. He almost smashed the phone against the wall but stopped, remembering the kidnapper would call again.

Swallowing his rage, he dialed the company's finance department.

"This is Theodore. I need ten billion dollars, ASAP," he ordered.

The finance guy was stunned, "Mr. Reynolds, the bank has limits; we can't pull ten billion in a day. What's the emergency?"

"I said get it done, so do it! If you can't, find someone who can," Theodore snapped.

The finance guy had never seen Theodore this pissed and didn't dare argue. "Okay, I'll get on it right away."

Theodore hung up and kicked the coffee table, sending it crashing. Ollie, his cat, darted into its house, eyeing Theodore warily.

city apartment, Phoebe slowly came to. She tried to move but realized she was tied up and hanging in the

gagged her mouth. She knew she was kidnapped. Struggling, she felt the ropes bite into

Phoebe tensed; it was the kidnapper.

and then a whip cracked through the air, slashing

struck again and again, each lash

pale, and she whimpered in agony. It

continued until Phoebe passed out. The kidnapper left her there,

dragged on. After the kidnapper's call, Theodore sent out search teams. But

desk, shouting, "Find

no news. Why was there

office. She stayed there till eleven, then hit up the convenience store next door for almost an hour. When she left and headed towards Imperial Apartment, two guys in black knocked her out and dragged her into a car.

"Get to the traffic police and check the license plate. Find out where they

car with fake plates. After leaving the city, they ditched it by the roadside. They must've switched cars to throw

kidnappers were taking great pains to avoid being found, and every second wasted meant more

he had to keep it together.

being tortured? Was she

imagining what Phoebe might be going through felt like

all his

out sooner that Phoebe was kidnapped, instead of sulking and

was all

Phoebe filled Theodore with a

He hadn't even

today. What now?" The finance officer rushed in, looking frazzled. Withdrawing that much cash needed a heads-up. Today, they had almost drained the