Forbidden Passion

Chapter 685 The Sense of a Family of Three

Theodore shut his eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing as he fought back the urge and calmly switched on the hairdryer. He blew warm air on his hand a couple of times, then casually lifted Phoebe's hair and started drying it with care. His warm, slender fingers brushed her scalp, sending a shiver down her spine.

Phoebe felt a tingle and instinctively straightened up.

With a playful tone, she asked, "Mr. Reynolds, how much do you charge for a hair-drying session?"

Theodore paused for a second.

Then, with a bright smile, he said, "First one's on the house."

Phoebe closed her eyes to avoid the tickle of hair strands on her face. With her eyes shut, her other senses kicked in.

She could feel Theodore's warm fingertips lightly grazing her scalp, causing a slight tingle.

Trying to distract herself, she asked casually, "Mr. Reynolds, you seem pretty good at this. Do you often blow-dry women's hair?"

"Yeah." Theodore replied nonchalantly.

Back in the day, after their intimate moments, Phoebe would often pass out, and her hair would get wet in the bath. He'd always dry it for her.

Phoebe felt a weird pang in her chest and said, "She must be pretty lucky then."

Theodore said, "I'm the lucky one."

Phoebe stayed quiet until the hairdryer stopped. She opened her eyes to see Theodore unplugging it.

"You didn't come here just to play hairdresser, did you?"

the hairdryer and sat next to her. "There's a

raised an eyebrow. "Mr. Reynolds, I thought you had plenty of female companions. Is Miss Fitzroy not charming enough, or is Ms. Ramirez not sweet enough? Aren't you worried about losing face by asking me?" Theodore's eyes twinkled with a hint of a smile. "I never knew

you're

her, narrowing his eyes. "The editors-in-chief of the big four magazines will be there. It's

lit up. Meeting those editors could really boost

"Why didn't you say so earlier? I'm

slightly. "Are

nothing else, I can leave." "Ollie is downstairs.

had been thinking about Ollie since she last saw him at

replied, "He'd

I haven't seen him in ages. He's probably put on some

from the sofa, and with a few long strides, reached her and

Phoebe was speechless.

can't afford to tip you,

my services are on the

out of the office side by side, passing through the open office area. Employees craned their necks to see Theodore carrying Phoebe's bag, and everyone was internally freaking out. Once

is so sweet to our Ms.

Ms. Ziegler. It was such a

are off

office area. She glanced at Theodore beside her and awkwardly rubbed her nose, saying, "They're usually quite composed."

and thought, 'Forget it, he can think whatever

The sun

quickly opened the back door.

instinctively reached out to catch him. Ollie landed in her arms, and

saying, "Ollie, you really need to