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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.

they know what it was like to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to

Zoren hadn't completely ruled out the possibility that Penny was involved in some grand scheme to put him to

marriage?" he rubbed his

seemed too

fighting Penny in court if he brought

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believe Penny wasn't

girlfriend, he whispered, wondering how long it

protective and worried lately, but

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he could've

didn't make sense because there wasn't any benefit Dean would get from it. If anything, it was

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

fainted today. Even though she didn't want you

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

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

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

woman coughed again before taking a

had always been a pillar of support, even after his grandfather passed away a few years ago. She had

of his grandmother. However, now, she was

The elderly woman smiled subtly while squeezing his cold hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You

lowered his

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

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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

Old Mrs. Pierson laughed. "My grandson's lack of a sense of humor

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