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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.

didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe his life was every second

Penny was involved in some grand scheme

his chin, deep in thought.

seemed too

mind fighting Penny in court if

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Penny

Dean's girlfriend, he whispered, wondering how long it would take to get any information about Penny and

worried

on serious matters.

his girlfriend when he could've

pondered 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

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

she didn't want you to know, I knew you'd

soon as he heard that message. Without a word, he

walls of the room, making

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

before taking a sip of water. "Because it's nothing,

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

Zoren lived this long because of his grandmother. However, now, she was old older and also weaker than she

"Renren, you're

lowered his head.

he's always worried about me. Renren,

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I

"You couldn't take down an entire cow during your prime. I

grandson's lack of

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