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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.

was like to be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how

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

why marriage?" he rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

seemed too

if

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Penny

it

protective and worried lately, but Zoren could always

on serious matters.

when he could've chosen

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

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

she didn't want you

word, he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs out of bed. [Skyline Plaza: Pierson

the room, making both the

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

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

of support, even after his grandfather passed away a few

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

while squeezing his cold hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You shouldn't have come all the

lowered

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

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I want

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

grandson's lack of a sense of

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