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Last night was a dream?

For a long time, the two of them just stood in the same spot, with Zoren hugging her from behind. He kept his head rested on her shoulder while Penny kept her gaze down. The tears in her eyes eventually dried up, replaced by softness and a small smile on her face. "How did you know?" Her quiet voice broke the peaceful silence. "You didn't know until now, so...

how?"

His mouth curled up. "How did you know I didn't know until now?"

Her brows rose while he chuckled. Lifting his head, he rested his chin on her shoulder.

"It's not that I didn't have a hunch... or hunch is the right word for it," he clarified calmly. "I just... I just can't stop comparing you to the Penny I know."

His smile widened. "When you told me we're married, the first thing that came to my mind was... you sound like Penny."

"Huh?"

"Penny is also direct and wouldn't beat around the bush. You also have the same eye color. And when I thought of it, you also smelled like toast."

"I don't smell toast."

"Sometimes, you do," he pointed out, recalling those times Penny would come to meet him with a piece of toast stuck in her mouth. It was as though someone from her home ate toast not just for breakfast. O

"You reminded me of her... so much so I am torn," he confessed. "Yet, despite all the hints and tests, you were so good at fooling me that instead of being sure, I was even more confused. So, I wanted to get to know you as you and not because you reminded me of someone else."

Penny pressed her lips together. "I can't approach you so carelessly, can I?"

"Since when did you know?" he asked.

"Chunchun's birthday. Thursday."

""You saw her?"

""Mhm. Did you buy her lie?"

"I wanted to."

"How did you find out?"

Zoren smiled. "Renny."

"Renny?" She looked back at him, curious. "What about him?"

called him Renny," he said. "You never

parted

stared at each other with smiles, his arms still locked around her. It took

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to realize he had never let

"Renren, aren't

"No."

"Huh?"

years is a long time. Holding you for ten

blinked as if she were thinking of a good rebuttal, and he blinked as if he was thinking of another

the one who left to get treatment?" she brought up. "So technically, I was the one

shoulder. "But you can't rest your chin on my shoulder if we

was not what

went

she blurted out. "As far as I recall, we're

corners of his lips slightly curled up until his eyes were squinting. "You're my

blank. She looked away from him and then ahead, her eyes slightly dilated, her mouth partially open. More than the butterflies filling her stomach since some time ago, there was one thing she realized with

her. His lean cheek squished a bit on her shoulder, finding it too comfortable to let go. "Just give

rose as she glanced at him, only to see his

her heart melted.

his heart. "I feel like jumping and crying because my heart feels so full, but at the same time, that would be wasting time, right?"

"Are you dense?"

you're trying to flirt

are you

didn't answer and just stared at him.

she couldn't help but giggle. Zoren cast her a complex look. "Can I hold you

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her tongue and shrugged. But before she

"Sir!"

"Renny-"

"Miss Penny-!"

a black figure leaping toward her. Before she knew it, Penny tumbled down and

fall. Fortunately, she landed on the grass, so it didn't hurt much. Her

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