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?"

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

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

but Phoebe didn't register it.

Phoebe's heart shattered.

Phoebe's feelings were dead.

hung up and walked up to Phoebe, his tone almost pitying. "It's a shame.

should last a few days. Let's see

that, the kidnapper left the

kidnappers were smart. They had kidnapped two people but never put

were probably afraid that, like in TV shows, the two of them

all left. They didn't want to drag her along; even they had abandoned

'Faintly, there was singing outside the window,

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

up the phone and stormed out of the

The lyrics went something like, 'The North Star knows I love you.' Any idea who sings that?" Carol stared at his sharply defined profile, stunned. 'Seriously? At a time like this, Mr. Reynolds is

need a moment

breaking stride as he passed by

bring

moment, shook off James's grip, and kept

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

who was walking briskly ahead,

"Mr. Reynolds?"

check all the malls in Kedora playing Noah's commercial on their LED screens. Get the surveillance

waste a second

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