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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?"

he said. "You never

Her lips parted before she

two of them stared at each other with smiles, his arms

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night was a

to realize he had never let

her throat, tapping his arm gently. "Renren, aren't you holding me for a little too long

"No."

"Huh?"

years is a long time. Holding you for ten minutes

she were thinking of a good rebuttal, and he blinked

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

head, his jaw on her shoulder. "But you can't rest your chin on

not what she

Penny went

you hug friends like this?" she blurted out. "As far

up until his eyes

dilated, her mouth partially open. More than the butterflies filling her stomach since some time ago, there was one thing she realized with such urgency. "I need to relearn debate," she blurted out in

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

him, only to see

her heart melted.

but at the same time, that would be wasting time, right?" "How is that wasting time?" she murmured. "I won't

"Are you dense?"

Zoren. I know you're trying to flirt with me, but I'm

you in the mood

several seconds, she didn't answer and just

his tongue before reluctantly letting her go. As he did so, she couldn't

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Last night

tongue and shrugged. But before she could answer, she sensed

"Sir!"

"Renny-"

"Miss Penny-!"

turned around, only to see a black figure leaping toward her. Before she knew it, Penny tumbled down and rolled on the grass with Renny hounding

didn't hurt much. Her slight shock, however, didn't last long at

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