Chapter 1036

By the time she arrived at the office, she was already late. She took a moment to freshen up and adjust her mindset.

Upon entering the office, Maja was already there, noticing her pale complexion.

“Zoey, you look terrible. Are you running a fever?”

Zoey quickly touched her own face, it was somewhat warm

“I think I might have caught a cold last night, Mr. Pennyfeather Ill be fine after taking some medication.”

“I’m sorry for dragging you into this yesterday lan has been investigating the kidnappers, and we are aware of who sent them. I assure you this won’t happen again.”

“Mr. Pennyfeather, there’s no need to apologize. I’m not bothered by it.”

Her vision started to blur. After a few more conversations, she returned to her desk and immediately took a fever reducer

She was tired, but her body was aching. Each ache would jolt her back to alertness, and the torment was unbearable

the evening, just managing to wrap up her day’s tasks. After requesting leave

to help. She lay on her bed in her cramped room, her thoughts drifting back to

year following her parents divorce, her mother had remarried. Her stepfather was always making inappropriate advances.

until she started having private tutoring did her

she had planned to marry,

She saw Murray as

and on the verge of marriage when Murray became entangled with a wealthy

her life was a failure, never having received love from her parents,

memories, she suddenly recalled that her biological father did love her. Her mother had left him because he was poor and content with his meager salary. He wasn’t ambitious and didn’t

some wealth, but

her phone and

broken engagement, her mother felt disgraced and stopped communicating

seemed to realize her stepfather’s intentions toward Zoey. Disgusted with her own daughter vying for her man, she was in a rush to marry Zoey off. But now that Zoey wasn’t marrying, her mother felt threatened, fearing her

thought was perverse

had sensed it, too, which is why

out in a hoarse voice, “Dad, I miss you so

began to cry

the other end was about to hang up,

cries eventually gave way to a complete breakdown.

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