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

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

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

started having private tutoring did her stepfather

the man she had planned to marry,

to harass her. She

verge of marriage when Murray became entangled with a

from her parents, and

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

wealth, but his character

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

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

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.

thought was perverse

too, which is why she was

out in a

then, she began

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

suppressed cries eventually gave way to a complete

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