Forbidden Passion

Chapter 769 Hypocritical Donovan

Theodore was taking pictures of the dishes from every possible angle. Phoebe rolled her eyes and turned to walk into the living room.

Just as she reached the dining room entrance, Theodore's voice sounded from behind, "Phoebe."

Phoebe turned her head and heard the sound of a camera shutter. She froze for a second before realizing that Theodore had taken a candid photo of her.

"Theodore!"

"Ethan's awake, go check on him," Theodore said with a smile, not giving Phoebe a chance to get angry.

Hearing that Ethan was awake, Phoebe quickly left the dining room and went to the living room sofa, worried that Ethan might be scared waking up in an unfamiliar place.

Sure enough, Ethan was awake, about to cry with his mouth open. When he saw Phoebe, his sobs caught in his throat. "Aunt Phoebe, where are we?"

Phoebe picked Ethan up and said softly, "We're at a family villa. The weather is bad today, so we can't go home. Do you miss your mommy?"

Ethan rubbed his eyes and looked out the window, which was completely dark. Everything around him was unfamiliar, and he felt a bit scared. "Aunt Phoebe, I want to go home."

"Be good, Ethan. Let's go eat first, okay?" Phoebe coaxed gently.

Ethan hesitated for a moment but was eventually distracted by the thought of food. He shyly nodded, and Phoebe carried him into the dining room.

Since there was no high chair in the villa, she had to place Ethan on a regular chair and push the food in front of him. "Be careful, it's hot. Eat slowly."

"Okay." Ethan obediently started eating.

Theodore sat across from them, watching Phoebe patiently take care of Ethan. He seemed lost in thought.

After dinner, Phoebe's phone vibrated. It was a video call from Ruby.

filled the entire screen. "Phoebe, I heard there was a sandstorm at the

fine. I called you this afternoon,

sounded off.

return tomorrow when it stops. Take care of yourself

Where's Ethan? I want to see

Ethan. "Ethan,

was so worried about you." Ethan's eyes welled up with tears when

come back

I'll be

seemed to happen on Ruby's end, and she abruptly ended the

moment before the call ended, Phoebe noticed unfamiliar curtains in

behind her and quickly ended the call, turning nervously to

wave of panic, almost

"Mr. Ziegler."

the house, a look of disgust

woken up and saw several missed calls from Phoebe. She thought something had happened to

hungry. I'll make dinner

the kitchen, her legs

her coldly. "Look at you, all sick and weak. I'm afraid eating your food will make me sick too. Get out and

in her tracks, trying hard

turned and walked to the door, putting on her

Donovan stood under the light, his usually

and turned to open the

the wind howled, carrying sand that reduced visibility. Without

from somewhere and saw Donovan staring at the door. He said, "The sandstorm is fierce today, even affecting the city. Sending

coldly, "Trevor, are you pleading

current mood, wasn't afraid. "I'm just worried that after recovering from a fever, this

pressed his lips tightly. "What does her worsening condition have to do