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

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

bed in her cramped room, her thoughts drifting

following her parents divorce, her mother had remarried. Her stepfather

she started having private tutoring did her stepfather

was the man she had planned to

often around, her stepfather had no opportunity to harass her. She saw Murray as her savior, keeping her safe from her

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

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

Her mother had left him because he was poor and content with his meager salary. He wasn’t ambitious

wealth, but his character

daze. Zoey pulled out her phone

confessing to her mother about her broken engagement, her mother felt disgraced and stopped communicating with

man, she was in a rush to marry Zoey off. But now that Zoey wasn’t marrying, her mother felt threatened, fearing

was

which is why

she let out in a hoarse voice, “Dad, I miss

began

man on the other end was about to hang up, but hearing her cry,

way to a complete

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