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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.

to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't

completely ruled out the possibility that Penny was involved in some grand scheme

marriage?" he rubbed his chin,

seemed too

wouldn't mind fighting Penny in court if

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believe Penny

how long it would take to get any information about Penny

worried

on serious matters.

when he could've chosen

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 automated

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

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

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

walls of the room, making

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

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

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

Zoren lived this long because of his grandmother. However, now, she was old

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

lowered his head. "Very

himself, health-wise, but he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright. I can still take

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if I want

his eyes toward her to feel like he could see her. "You couldn't take down an entire cow during

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