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

her desk until the evening, just managing to wrap up her

bed in her cramped room, her thoughts drifting back to

her mother had remarried. Her stepfather was always making inappropriate advances.

until she started having private tutoring did

the man she had

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

of marriage when Murray

parents, and the only man she wanted

delved into her 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 indulge in

wealth, but his character was abhorrent.

out her

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

toward Zoey. Disgusted with her own daughter vying for her man, she was in a rush to

thought was

had sensed it, too, which is why she was calling her father.

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

then, she began to cry

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

eventually gave way to a complete

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