Forbidden Passion
Chapter 118 Hidden Talents

The doctor wasted no time and quickly fetched a pair of tweezers. He carefully picked out the glass fragments embedded in Vanessa's palm, causing Vanessa to feel as if she was on the verge of dying from the pain. After dressing the wound, Vanessa's originally pale and beautiful face turned whiter than paper. Theodore carried her back to the car. Ruby initially wanted to follow, but Vanessa signaled to her with her eyes. Ruby quickly said, "Theodore, please take care of Vanessa. We rushed here earlier, and her bag is still at Todi Stadium. I need to go back and get it."

"Alright." Theodore closed the car door, and Jack drove the car out of the hospital.

Inside the car, Theodore took out his phone and opened WeChat. He came across a photo of Phoebe and Edward smiling at each other, and his handsome face instantly darkened with an approaching storm.

Vanessa leaned against the seat back and, seeing Theodore's gloomy expression, weakly said, "Theodore, please take me to the hotel. My mother just had a heart bypass surgery, and if she sees that I injured my hand, she will worry about me." Frowning, Theodore replied, "Your injury is severe. Going to the hotel is not convenient."

Vanessa lowered her eyelids, her fluttering eyelashes trembling, appearing pitiful. "But I don't want my mother to worry. She fell ill because of me."

After observing her for a while, Theodore said to Jack, "Go to Imperial Apartment." Jack was taken aback in his heart. As far as he knew, Theodore only had one apartment in Imperial Apartment, which was the one he shared with Phoebe. Could it be that Theodore brought Vanessa back there to prevent them from fighting? "Mr. Reynolds, this... Do we need to say hello to Mrs. Reynolds?" Jack asked cautiously, impressed by the courage Mr. Reynolds had to bring his lover home.

Mr. Theodore sneered, "That's my house, and I can bring whoever I want. Who do I need to say hello to?"

Jack dared not reply, silently turning the car around at the intersection and heading towards the Imperial Apartment. A hint of surprise flickered in Vanessa's eyes. She never expected Theodore would directly bring her to the Imperial Apartment. It was truly an unexpected delight.

She wondered what kind of expression Phoebe would have when she sees her. Theodore was feeling irritated and restless. He opened a video message Christopher had sent him, and the soothing sound of a piano filled the car. Vanessa couldn't help but look over at his phone. In the video, a girl in a pink dress sat on a piano stool, bathed in light. She closed her eyes slightly, and the notes flowed effortlessly from her fingertips.

Those who have learned piano know how difficult it is to master the rhythm of "Love Song," and Vanessa was no exception. Especially when it came to bringing out the ethereal beauty from such an emotionally charged piano piece, it required over a decade of piano skills.

She looked at the piano and the background in the video, realizing that it was the scene from the charity gala tonight. She thought without her, the piano performance would have been a flop, and she had planned to deliver a double blow to Phoebe in both career and love.

But she actually found someone to take her place. As "Love Song" reached its climax, the ethereal beauty disappeared, and the piano intensified, filled with rich emotions that tightly gripped the listeners' hearts.

As the piece ended, the performer stood up and bowed to the audience. Vanessa finally saw the person clearly; it was Phoebe!

Her face turned even uglier, and a storm of astonishment and shock surged within her. Why was it Phoebe? Why was she playing the piano?

Theodore was clearly surprised as well. This woman standing in the spotlight, shining even brighter than the light itself, was Phoebe! He never knew she could play the piano. How many other things had she been hiding from him?