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?"

out everything. Theodore's words, "I choose

always 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

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

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

kill you. Your injuries should last a few days. Let's see if you can hold on until someone

kidnapper left the

heard the people outside leaving. These kidnappers were smart. They

afraid that, like in TV shows, the two of them would team

The kidnappers had all left. They didn't want

was singing outside the window, a

die to the sound of Noah's song? If she had known love was this painful, she

the phone and stormed out

'The North Star knows I love you.' Any idea who sings that?" Carol stared at his sharply defined profile,

need a moment to

said, not breaking stride as he passed by

to bring Vanessa back safely,"

moment, shook off James's grip,

she said, "The song is by Noah. He did a commercial recently where he sang it a cappella. It's on LED screens in all the big malls every

briskly ahead,

"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 people. Narrow

didn't waste a second and

the five billion dollars in five different spots. Only after they got the money would they tell him