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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.

it was like to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe his life was every second he breathed. A life-threatening situation always lingered

possibility that Penny was involved

marriage?" he rubbed his

seemed too

court if

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Penny wasn't like

long it would take to get any information about

and worried lately, but Zoren

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he could've

type of scheme this could be 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 same time, he heard

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

today. Even though she didn't want you to

he grabbed the

woman's cough echoed off the walls of the room, making both the

chair beside the bed, his eyes filled with worry. "Grandma, why didn't you want me to know what happened?" he asked, reaching for a glass of water for

again before taking a sip of water. "Because it's nothing,

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

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

his cold hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You shouldn't have

Zoren lowered his head.

but he's always worried about me. Renren,

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I

could see her. "You couldn't take down an

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

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