Forbidden Passion

Chapter 595 Heartless

Evelyn had never seen Theodore this hyped before, and she was caught off guard. "Theodore, what's up?"

Theodore grabbed the phone with shaky hands, eyes glued to a pic of Phoebe grinning ear to ear. She'd been the star of all his teenage dreams.

Every time he dreamed of Phoebe, she'd be smiling at him, running away, looking back, and shouting, "My name is Mia."

Phoebe had always been in his dreams, so that day in the courtyard, when Vanessa showed up in a flowy white dress, smiling brighter than the sun, and someone called her Mia from behind, he thought Vanessa was the girl who saved him as a kid.

One slip-up led to a lifetime of regret.

Turned out, the girl he'd been searching for had been in his life all along. Phoebe's radiant smile had healed him, but he didn't recognize her.

That mistake was unforgivable.

Theodore called out, "Mia."

Evelyn heard him call Phoebe by her nickname and looked at him, surprised. "How do you know Phoebe's nickname is Mia?"

"She told me," Theodore said, his voice rough.

He gently stroked the screen with his fingers. Teenage Phoebe, in her white princess dress, looked like a little fairy who'd stepped into the human world. Her smile alone could fix everything.

Phoebe's smile was so unique; how did he mix her up with someone else?

That day, at the employee meeting when he joined the Reynolds Group, everyone looked serious, except Phoebe, who smiled so brightly and captivatingly.

He had met Phoebe long ago; why didn't he recognize her?

sighed. "Her nickname was given by my dad. After he passed away, she wouldn't let us call her Mia anymore. I

the Ziegler family call Phoebe by her nickname. His heart ached. "I went looking

that

at him, puzzled. "Where did you go looking for

seen her. Later, I stopped going. I

sighed deeply. "I just found out we knew each other ages ago. No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when

of nowhere; they had got roots.

asked, "It's really amazing, isn't it,

screen. After a while, he nodded. "Mom, can

Evelyn took the phone, fiddled with it for a bit, and sent the photo to him. She looked

But after Harper's accident, she seemed to grow up overnight and became

never understood her as much as he did tonight. He had always been

own.

He swore that if Phoebe made it out of the ICU, he'd make it all up to her, love her like crazy,

days later, Phoebe woke up. Except for the whip marks

into a regular room, treated her again, and then

bed, looking at Phoebe's thin cheeks. His heart

you're awake. You

but her face was as calm as a still pond, like nothing

he felt a weird emptiness and

was too calm, like she had no emotions at

rather she scream, hit him, curse him,

pressing his face against her cool palm. "Are you mad at

his apology, showing

you, I'll never let you