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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.

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 unsafe his life was every

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

his chin, deep in

too lame,

fighting Penny in court if

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believe Penny wasn't

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

overly protective and worried lately, but Zoren could always

on serious matters.

his girlfriend when he could've chosen

how much he racked his brain, he couldn't figure out what 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,

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

though she didn't want

he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed the blanket from his

making both the butler and Zoren look at

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

woman coughed again before taking a sip of water. "Because

grandmother's face clearly, 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

wouldn't be a stretch to say that Zoren lived this long because of his

hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You shouldn't have come all

was worried, Zoren lowered

he's always worried about me. Renren,

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if I want

could see her. "You couldn't take down an entire cow during your prime. I don't think you can

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