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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.

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

hadn't completely ruled out the possibility that Penny was

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

too lame,

court if he brought up

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Penny wasn't like

it would

been overly protective and worried lately, but

on serious matters.

girlfriend when he

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:

though she didn't want

he grabbed the blanket from his lap and swung his legs

echoed off the walls of the room, making both

didn't you

coughed again before taking a sip of water. "Because

she was. Hist grandmother had always been a pillar of support, even after his grandfather passed away

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

hand. "Renren, you're not well yourself. You shouldn't have come all the way here at this

lowered his head.

he's always worried about me. Renren, Grandma is alright. I can

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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 can do that

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

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