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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.

be Zoren Pierson. Therefore, Zoren didn't expect anyone to comprehend just how unsafe his life was every second he breathed. A life-threatening situation always lingered in

the possibility that Penny was involved in

he rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

too

court if he

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Penny wasn't like

wondering how long it would take to

might have been overly protective and worried lately, but Zoren

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he

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

[Incoming message. From Grandma:

Even though she didn't

in Zoren's mind vanished as soon as he heard that message. Without a word, he grabbed

walls of the room, making both the

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

woman coughed again before taking a

grandmother had always been a pillar of support, even after his grandfather passed away a few years

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

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

lowered his

isn't well himself, health-wise, but he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright. I can still take down an

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if I

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

Old Mrs. Pierson laughed. "My grandson's lack

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