Forbidden Passion

Chapter 594 Phoebe in His Memory

Theodore cracked his eyes open, locking onto James with a cold, ruthless stare. A weird smile crept across his face.

"You made me save her first. I did. Now you want me to clean up the mess? Mr. Fitzroy, do I look like I got nothing better to do?" James's face went pale, his lips quivering.

He begged, "Theodore, I know you hate me and Sophia. I know Phoebe's still in danger, but please, understand a father's heart. She's my only daughter left. Can you just go see her, just for a moment?"

Theodore looked away, like staring at James any longer would drag up bad memories. "Leave. I think I've repaid any debt I owed you."

James never thought Theodore would cut ties so cleanly. He looked at Theodore, shaking. "Theodore, Vanessa got kidnapped because of you. How can you just walk away?"

Grace came back with a lunchbox and caught James's accusation. She was instantly pissed and stormed over.

She yelled, "How can you be so demanding? Theodore didn't save Phoebe first; he dropped five billion dollars to save Vanessa. Now she's well-fed and recovering in the hospital, with all the bills covered by Theodore. What more do you want? Should Theodore be her servant to repay her debt for being kidnapped?"

James, usually a nice guy, had spoken out of line. He blushed at Grace's comeback.

James shot back, "Vanessa went through hell for no reason. Isn't it right for you to pay for her rescue? If Theodore hadn't pushed the kidnappers to the edge, they wouldn't have beaten her half to death."

Grace was fuming, pointing to the ICU. "The one beaten half to death is Phoebe. She's still in the ICU, unlike Vanessa, who's already up and causing trouble."

face turned ghostly. "I'm not talking to

James's unreasonable behavior. No wonder Vanessa

What a messed-up family.

trivial matters." Grace made a shooing gesture. "Please don't bother Theodore anymore." James's pleas got him nowhere. Thinking of Vanessa's situation, he steeled himself and knelt before Theodore with a

Just go see her, just for

Theodore, it nearly cost Theodore Phoebe. Theodore had

help James up but stood, his voice icy. "James, please have some self-respect. Don't exhaust the last bit of respect I have for Sophia." With that, Theodore walked

Theodore's cold, resolute back and wept. After a long while, he stood up, supporting himself on the ground, and stumbled away. Grace

James's gray hair and his kneeling for Vanessa made her feel a bit

at Theodore's back, then at the closed ICU

the ICU; she didn't need

him. "Still worried about her?" Theodore turned to look at Evelyn. She was way calmer now than when she first found out Phoebe

had weathered a lot of storms in her life. The tougher things

when she'll wake up or if she'll even want to

been a smart cookie. I remember when she was in elementary school, we were staying with the Vanderbilt family. My paycheck barely covered sending two kids to school. During the school's anniversary, Phoebe got picked as the cheerleading captain

wouldn't let her sell trash, she

asked what she had been doing, she wouldn't say. She earned enough money to buy the uniform, but the teacher thought she was too tanned

Theodore's heart ached.

wants. She quietly works for it, while Donovan clearly tells me what he

weren't on the brink of death, she would never have confessed her feelings for