Chapter 1036

By the time she arrived at the office, she was already late. She took a moment to freshen up and adjust her mindset.

Upon entering the office, Maja was already there, noticing her pale complexion.

“Zoey, you look terrible. Are you running a fever?”

Zoey quickly touched her own face, it was somewhat warm

“I think I might have caught a cold last night, Mr. Pennyfeather Ill be fine after taking some medication.”

“I’m sorry for dragging you into this yesterday lan has been investigating the kidnappers, and we are aware of who sent them. I assure you this won’t happen again.”

“Mr. Pennyfeather, there’s no need to apologize. I’m not bothered by it.”

Her vision started to blur. After a few more conversations, she returned to her desk and immediately took a fever reducer

Each ache would jolt her

her desk until the evening, just managing to wrap up her day’s tasks. After requesting

reducer didn’t seem to help. She lay on her bed

the year following her parents divorce, her mother had remarried. Her

until she started having private tutoring did her

man she had planned to

often around, her stepfather had no opportunity to harass her. She saw Murray as her savior, keeping her

were together for seven years and on the verge of

received love from her parents, and

delved into her memories, she suddenly recalled that her biological father did love her. Her mother had left him because he was poor and content with his meager salary. He wasn’t ambitious and didn’t indulge in kickbacks, which was intolerable for her

wealth, but his character was

daze. Zoey pulled out her phone and dialed

her mother about her broken engagement, her mother

own daughter vying for her man, she was in a rush to marry Zoey off. But now that Zoey wasn’t marrying, her mother felt threatened, fearing her man would fall for her own daughter

thought was perverse

is why she was calling her father.

she let out in a hoarse

began to cry

about to hang up, but

gave way to a

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