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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.

Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe his life was every second he breathed. A

possibility that Penny was involved

marriage?" he rubbed his

seemed too lame,

wouldn't mind fighting Penny in court if he brought up divorce

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believe Penny wasn't

he whispered, wondering how long it

have been overly protective and worried lately, but Zoren could

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he

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,

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

grandma fainted today. Even though she

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

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

sat in the chair beside the bed, his eyes filled with worry. "Grandma, why didn't you want me to know what happened?"

taking a sip of

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

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

was worried, Zoren lowered

sighed helplessly and chuckled. "My sweet boy isn't well himself, health-wise, but he's always worried about

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if I want

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

lack

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