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[Message Incoming from Miss Penelope]

[Ahem, uh, uh, uh.]

Lying on the bed with his back against the headboard, Zoren listened to the robotic voice from his phone, reading the reply he had just received from Penny. H is that supposed to mean?" Sent!

[Message incoming from Miss Penelope]

[Heh. I'm sorry about that, Mr. Pierson. It was a mistake.]

He blinked, staring at his phone in his hand,

"It's okay, Miss Penelope. It happens.

Sent!

tilted his head and said, "What

[Thank you for your understanding. Did you visit the Civil Bureau?]

After listening to her reply, Zoren placed his phone down. He didn't bother responding anymore; he hadn't given it much thought. Benjamin had been panicking, so Zoren had to wait until bedtime to gather his thoughts.

"You can check, Mr. Pierson. If I show this certificate to your assistant, I know he'll simply say I forged it So, check with the Civil Bureau. My line is always open for discussio

"Please."

Zoren didn't see the look in her eyes, but the tone she used sounded so sincere, with a tinge of desperation.

"She doesn't know either?" he wondered, as that was the only explanation for why she sounded that way. "Then how?"

Benjamin, his assistant, might be loud and often annoying, but some of the things he said made a

lot of sense.

many people understood Benjamin and his worries, nor did they know what it was like to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how

completely ruled out the possibility that Penny

marriage?" he rubbed his

seemed too

wouldn't mind fighting Penny in court if he brought

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Penny wasn't

it would take to get

protective and worried lately,

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he

if it was one at all. It didn't make sense because there wasn't any benefit Dean would get from it. If anything, it was a huge advantage for Zoren. "Grandma has been insisting that I should think of marrying," he whispered, and at the

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

today. Even though she didn't

soon as he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs

echoed off the walls of the room, making both

the bed, his eyes filled with worry. "Grandma, why didn't you want me to know what happened?" he asked,

elderly woman coughed again before taking a sip

was. Hist grandmother had always been a pillar of support, even after his grandfather passed away a few years ago. She had stood in as his parents when Zoren's father died; she took care of

because of his grandmother. However, now, she was old older and also weaker than

is fine." The elderly woman smiled subtly while squeezing his cold hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You shouldn't have come

worried, Zoren lowered

sweet boy isn't well himself, health-wise, but he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright. I can still take

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eyes toward her to feel like he could see her. "You couldn't take down an entire cow during

lack