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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.

know what it was like to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe his

Penny was involved in some grand

he rubbed his

too

fighting Penny in court if he brought

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Penny

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

might have been overly protective and worried lately, but

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he could've chosen

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,

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

Even though she didn't want you to know, I knew

he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs out of bed. [Skyline Plaza:

of the room, making

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

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

his grandfather passed away a few years ago. She had stood in as his parents when Zoren's father died; she took

say that Zoren lived this long because of his grandmother. However,

The elderly 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

worried, Zoren lowered

Mrs. Pierson sighed helplessly and chuckled. "My sweet boy isn't well himself, health-wise, but he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright. I can

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if I want

he could see her. "You couldn't take down an entire cow during

grandson's lack of a sense of humor is