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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.

didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how

completely ruled out the possibility that Penny was involved in some grand scheme to put

rubbed his chin,

seemed too

Penny in court if he brought up

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believe Penny wasn't

she's Dean's girlfriend, he whispered, wondering how long it would

protective and worried lately, but Zoren could always

on serious matters.

when he could've chosen someone

sense because there wasn't any benefit Dean would get from it. If anything,

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

your grandma fainted today. Even though she didn't want you to know, I knew

other thoughts in Zoren's mind vanished as soon as he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed the

making both the butler and Zoren look at the elderly woman

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

again before taking a

could hear how weak she was. Hist grandmother had always been a pillar of support, even after his grandfather passed away a

lived this long because of his grandmother. However, now, she

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

worried, Zoren lowered his head. "Very

health-wise, but he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright. I can still take down

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I want

slowly raised his eyes toward her to feel like he could see her. "You couldn't take down

laughed. "My grandson's lack

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