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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.

did they know what it was like to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe his life was every

ruled out the possibility that Penny was involved in

marriage?" he rubbed his chin,

seemed too lame,

Penny in court if he brought

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believe Penny

long it would

have been overly protective and worried lately, but Zoren could always

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he could've chosen someone

was one at all. It didn't make sense because there wasn't any benefit Dean would get

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

Ren, your grandma fainted today. Even though she didn't want

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

of the room, making both the butler and

worry. "Grandma, why didn't you want me to know what happened?" he asked, reaching for a

a

she was. Hist grandmother had always been a pillar of support, even after his grandfather passed away a few years ago. She

say that Zoren lived this long because of his grandmother. However, now, she was old older and also weaker than

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

worried, Zoren lowered his

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

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if I

see her. "You couldn't take down an

Mrs. Pierson laughed. "My grandson's lack of a

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