Forbidden Passion

Chapter 621 Phoebe Headed to Caneda

Phoebe felt like a wild beast was tearing up her brain. She deflected, "Mr. Douglas is a young hotshot, all fancy and untouchable, like some high-end jewelry you just look at but never touch."

Raphael shot back, "You think pretty highly of him."

"I think pretty highly of you too. You're all classy and out-of-this-world, like you don't care about anything," Phoebe buttered him up with a grin.

She was laying it on thick to get Raphael to drop any funny business. No way he'd keep using her to charm guys after that kind of flattery.

Raphael was eating it up. He grinned and said, "You've got good taste. Alright, I get it, you're not into him. You can go."

Phoebe didn't waste a second and bolted.

As soon as the door shut, she wiped the sweat off her forehead. She decided to keep a low profile from now on.

She had three kids to raise. Before leaving Kedora, she needed to stack up as much cash as possible. If things got too crazy, she'd just quit.

First, she managed to shake off Milton. Then Edward showed up, and he wasn't so easy to ditch.

Walking out of the office, she spotted Edward leaning against his car, staring her down. A coworker nudged her forward with a knowing smile.

"Mr. Vanderbilt's here for you. Go on, don't keep him waiting."

Phoebe was speechless.

Edward had been popping by the office a lot lately, supposedly to see Raphael. Everyone knew what was up. Raphael played along, and so did the whole office.

She felt more like a PR rep than a secretary, part of

her feet over to Edward and said, "Don't you have

area for business. Thought I'd drop by. Am I

eyes, "Edward,

smile froze. He stared at her, hurt in his eyes. "Phoebe, I just wanted to see you. Is

want you wasting your time on me, Edward. We're

and called after her, "Phoebe, don't

known each other for 26 years. You know me. What's gone is gone. I won't

be so firm?" Edward's

twitched. She said, "Yes, because

saw the pain in her eyes. He wanted to ask, "You say you're moving forward, but why do you look so hurt when

he didn't dare. He feared the answer would

you said. You better never look back, or else..." Edward trailed off, got in his car,

roar faded. Phoebe's shoulders slumped. After a while,

Edward didn't show up at the office. Phoebe was relieved. Life went on. She'd been dealing with morning sickness a lot lately. To keep it under wraps, she'd sneak off to throw up. Sometimes, a coworker would catch her sneaking off, and she'd just say it was some seasonal stomach bug, fooling

it, July rolled around. Kedora was scorching, and everyone had switched to

with her to the hospital for a prenatal checkup. The doc said the babies were doing great and told Phoebe to chill

hospital, Cindy got all worried, "Phoebe, are you really gonna go to Caneda to have the

for a couple of months. She rented a place close to the Caneda Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital and hired a nanny. She'd be all set once

bump. What if someone from the Reynolds family spots me? That'd be a

only agreed to the divorce because he thought she couldn't get pregnant. Now, being pregnant with someone else's kid right after the split would be a huge slap in

mom. Once the babies are here, she'll have to

shrugged, "What can

birth? You can work from anywhere anyway," Phoebe said with a reassuring smile. Cindy was a beauty blogger. Her job was to look fabulous in different ways.