Chapter 407: vines of doubt

The thought of Penny and Zoren together never left Dean's mind. It played in his head like a broken record. A myriad of questions swirled in his mind, but he reminded himself not to jump to conclusions. After all, Penny had told him — she didn't like complicated things.

She wouldn't associate herself with Zoren Pierson without a good reason.

Even so, one question gnawed at him: why were they together?

"Sir?"

Dean snapped back to reality when the driver called him. Lifting his eyes to the rearview mirror, deep lines appeared between his brows. He glanced out the window beside him and realized they had already arrived at the Pierson Corporation Office without him noticing.

'This is surely eating me up, isn't it?'

Without a word, Dean stepped out of the car. As soon as he did, his driver pulled away, and another car pulled up behind him. Turning his head back, his jaw tightened as he watched his uncle step out of the vehicle.

This time, Zoren greeted him first. "Dean," he called as soon as he spotted his nephew. "Good morning."

"Good morning, Uncle." Dean forced a smile, straightening his posture and raising his chin as Zoren approached him. "You seemed to be in a good mood."

"I am in a good mood." Zoren nodded and pretended to study Dean's mood. Although he didn't need to pretend or see for him to know Dean's mood. "You seem... off. Bad night?"

'How would you know when you can't even see?' Dean wanted to snap, but he held back. 'Hah. Pathetic.'

"It's nothing like that, Uncle." He smiled, his voice kind and gentle. "It's nothing like that."

Zoren tilted his head. "Your girlfriend didn't come home last night?"

"What?"

"I just thought it was about her," Zoren replied, his smile not reaching his eyes. "If my woman didn't come home, I'd be upset too."

before walking inside. As his uncle walked away, Dean's expression hardened. He glared at Zoren's retreating figure and the entourage that followed

hail a cab. But before he could, he paused. 'She won't like

to her with questions he wasn't entitled to ask. Like she said, they weren't together. So questions about who

was, how she was, and how

Dean's chest as he clenched his teeth. In the end, he decided to head to work, hoping to

a mantra. 'Nothing's going on between them. She wouldn't sacrifice her

[PRIME GROUP]

DING!

the document she was reviewing to her phone. With her chin propped on her hand and a pen still between her fingers, she tilted her phone to check the

quickly spread across her

[From: Mr. Pierson

Drink water.]

one to elicit any reaction. Yet, it was enough to make her smile as she reached for

few sips, she picked up her phone and

[To: Mr. Pierson

Done.]

DING!

[From: Mr. Pierson

Good.]

herself. "He's the one who needs to take care

Penny sent him

this page, you'll

DING!

the conference room trailed off as

room At first, they ignored it.

were rare, so

pings kept coming, and people began to

everyone in the room turned their heads toward the source of the

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