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

just managing to wrap up her day’s

fever reducer didn’t seem to help. She lay on her bed in her cramped room, her thoughts drifting back to past events.

parents divorce, her mother had remarried. Her

tutoring did her stepfather back

the man she had planned to marry,

her. She saw Murray as her savior, keeping her safe from her

together for seven years and on the verge of marriage when Murray became entangled

failure, never having received love from her parents, and the only man

love her. Her mother had left him because he was poor and content with his meager salary. He wasn’t ambitious and didn’t indulge in kickbacks, which was intolerable

had some wealth, but

pulled out her phone and dialed her father’s number.

confessing to her mother about her broken engagement, her

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 man

thought was

which is

a hoarse voice, “Dad,

began

about to hang up, but hearing

suppressed cries eventually gave way to a complete breakdown.

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