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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 life was every second he breathed. A

Zoren hadn't completely ruled out the possibility that Penny

he rubbed his chin, deep in

seemed too

in court if he

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Penny

whispered, wondering how long it would take to

worried lately, but Zoren could always trust

on serious matters.

he could've chosen someone

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 voice

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

though she didn't

Without a word, he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs out of

echoed off the walls of the room, making both the butler and

filled with worry. "Grandma, why didn't you want

taking a sip of water. "Because it's

his grandfather passed away a few years ago. She had

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

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

was worried, Zoren lowered his

he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma

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I

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

grandson's lack

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