Forbidden Passion

Chapter 590 Her Heart Shattered

In the apartment, Phoebe was barely hanging on. Those lashes had almost done her in. Plus, she'd trekked a long way in the freezing night, wearing nothing but thin clothes. Battered and burning up with fever, Phoebe was totally out of it.

Her wrists, tied up, were numb from the pain. She had no clue what time it was or when Theodore would come to save her.

Phoebe clung to consciousness with sheer willpower, refusing to pass out.

The door creaked open again, and someone walked in, stopping right in front of her. Phoebe could feel the person staring at her. After what felt like forever, they finally spoke.

"Ms. Ziegler, I offered a five-billion-dollar deal for each person, but Mr. Reynolds only managed to scrape together five billion. He can only save one of you. Do you think Theodore will save you or Vanessa first?" Phoebe's heart plummeted.

He could only save one. Would Theodore pick her?

"Honestly, I'm curious too. Let's not waste time. I'll call him, and we'll find out."

The kidnapper's voice dripped with malice. Phoebe's hands clenched into fists. She heard the phone connect and instinctively lifted her head.

Her eyes were covered, so she couldn't see a thing.

But through the light from the window, she vaguely noticed that this kidnapper seemed taller and more rugged than the one who whipped her last night.

The kidnapper from last night had been silent, but from the height of the whip strikes, she figured it was a woman.

The kidnapper put the phone on speaker. It rang forever without anyone picking up, and the kidnapper started pacing, clearly annoyed.

At the last second, the call was answered. Before the kidnapper could speak, Theodore's calm voice came through, "I choose Vanessa. Where do we exchange the hostages?"

ears, drowning out everything. Theodore's words, "I choose Vanessa," echoed

known Theodore didn't care about her and only saw her as a tool, hearing him choose Vanessa so easily at the brink of life and death made her truly grasp the depth of her pain and despair. She had been

register it. The moment Theodore abandoned her, she had already

Phoebe's heart shattered.

Phoebe's feelings were dead.

tone almost pitying. "It's a shame. You're the

injuries should last a few days. Let's

that, the kidnapper

leaving. These kidnappers were smart. They had

like in TV shows, the two of them would team up

quiet outside. The kidnappers had all left. They didn't want to

are. 'Faintly, there was singing outside the window, a

destined to die to the sound of Noah's song? If she had known

hung up the phone and stormed out of

trailing him. "I just heard a song in the kidnapper's call. The lyrics went something like, 'The North Star knows

need a moment

you three seconds," Theodore said, not breaking stride as

you have to bring

moment, shook off James's

is by Noah. He did a commercial recently where he sang it a cappella. It's on

could finish, Theodore, who was walking briskly ahead, came to an abrupt stop. Carol almost crashed

"Mr. Reynolds?"

furrowed his brows, thought for a few seconds, and called out, "Lawton, check all the malls in Kedora playing Noah's commercial on their LED screens. Get the surveillance footage from after midnight last night and look for any suspicious vehicles or

Lawton didn't waste a second and

the Reynolds Group with his team. The kidnappers were slick, making him place the five billion dollars in five different spots. Only