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?"

crashed into Phoebe's ears, drowning out everything. Theodore's words,

hearing him choose Vanessa so easily at the brink of life and death made her truly grasp the depth of her pain and despair.

voice came in and out, but Phoebe didn't register it.

Phoebe's heart shattered.

Phoebe's feelings were dead.

walked up to Phoebe, his tone almost pitying. "It's a shame. You're the one who got left behind." Phoebe

worry, I won't kill you. Your injuries should last a few days. Let's see if you can hold on until someone

kidnapper left

were smart. They had kidnapped two

TV shows, the two of them would team

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

'Faintly, there was singing outside the window, a familiar melody, a familiar voice. It was

filled with tears. Was she destined to die to the sound of Noah's song? If she had known love was this

and stormed out of the

stopped and turned to Carol, who was trailing him. "I just heard a song in the kidnapper's call. The lyrics went something like, 'The North Star

need

seconds," Theodore said, not breaking stride as he passed by James. But

to bring Vanessa back safely," James

for a brief moment, shook

later, she said, "The song is by Noah. He did a commercial recently where he sang it

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

"Mr. Reynolds?"

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 people. Narrow it down fast. I think Phoebe's hidden

waste a

billion dollars in five different spots. Only after they got