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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.

Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe

possibility that Penny was involved in some grand scheme to

why marriage?" he rubbed his chin, deep in

too lame,

court if he

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Penny wasn't like

it would take to

been overly protective and worried lately, but Zoren could

on serious matters.

when he could've chosen someone

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

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

Master Ren, your grandma fainted today. Even though she

soon as he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs out of bed. [Skyline Plaza: Pierson

echoed off the walls of the room, making both the butler and

why didn't you want me to know what happened?" he asked,

before taking a sip of water. "Because it's

Zoren could hear how weak she 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

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

woman smiled subtly while squeezing his cold hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You shouldn't have come all the way here at

was worried, Zoren lowered his head.

sighed helplessly 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

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272 I'm married.

I want

to feel like he could see her. "You couldn't take

Pierson laughed. "My grandson's lack of a sense of humor is his