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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

Zoren hadn't completely ruled out the possibility that Penny was involved in some

why marriage?" he rubbed his chin,

too lame,

in court if he

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believe Penny

he whispered, wondering how long it would take to get any information about Penny

have been overly protective and worried lately, but

on serious matters.

when he

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, it was a huge advantage for Zoren. "Grandma has been insisting that I should think of marrying," he whispered, and at the same

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

fainted today. Even though she didn't want

in Zoren's mind vanished as soon as he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs out of bed. [Skyline

walls of the room, making both the butler and Zoren

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

taking a sip of water. "Because it's

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

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 this

Zoren lowered his head. "Very

well himself, health-wise, but he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright.

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I

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

lack of a

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