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

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

reducer didn’t seem to help. She lay on her bed in

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

tutoring did her stepfather back

man she had planned to marry, Murray.

stepfather had no opportunity to harass her. She saw Murray as her savior,

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

was a failure, never having received love from her parents, and the only man she wanted

her biological father did love her. Her mother had left him because he was poor

some wealth, but

Zoey pulled out her phone

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

her mother 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 man

was perverse

which is why she was calling

in a hoarse voice,

then, she began to

other end was about to hang up, but hearing her cry, he furrowed

gave way to a complete

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