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?

passed away, she wouldn't let us call her Mia anymore. I asked her why,

his eyes. No wonder he never heard anyone in the Ziegler family call Phoebe by her nickname. His heart ached. "I went

two years, he went to that village every summer, but he never saw Phoebe

at him, puzzled. "Where did

year at first, asking around for her, but no one had seen her. Later, I stopped

found out we knew each other ages ago. No wonder I felt a sense

didn't just pop up out of nowhere; they had got roots. He just

asked, "It's really amazing,

looked down at the photo on the screen. After a while, he nodded. "Mom,

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

little, very likable. But after Harper's accident, she seemed to grow up overnight and became

lived with Phoebe for four years but had never understood her as much as he did tonight. He had always been distant, refusing to communicate with her, resisting any attempt to enter her heart, and unwilling to let

own.

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

days later, Phoebe woke up. Except for the whip marks on her back, she was pretty much back to

room, treated her again, and

the bed, looking at Phoebe's thin cheeks. His heart ached, and he wanted to

awake. You

soft pillow, her back aching and itching, but her face was as calm as a still pond, like nothing could shake

like this, he felt a weird

calm, like she had no emotions at

like this. He'd rather she scream, hit him,

holding her hand and pressing his face against her cool palm. "Are you mad at me for not saving you

stayed indifferent to his apology, showing no

pleaded, "I promise you, I'll never let you face