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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.

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 second he breathed. A life-threatening

possibility that Penny was involved in some grand scheme to

marriage?" he rubbed his chin,

seemed too lame,

Penny in court if he brought up divorce and

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believe Penny wasn't like

wondering how long it would take to get any information about Penny and

been overly protective and worried lately, but

on serious matters.

his girlfriend when he could've chosen

this, but no matter 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, 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 the

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

grandma fainted today. Even though she didn't want you to know, I knew you'd want

other thoughts 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

cough echoed off the walls of the room, making both the butler and Zoren look at the elderly woman with

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

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

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 him

Zoren lived this long because of his

while squeezing his cold hand. "Renren, you're not

was worried, Zoren lowered his head. "Very

sweet boy isn't well himself, health-wise, but he's

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if I

"You couldn't

grandson's lack of a sense of