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

her body was aching. Each ache would jolt her back to alertness, and the torment

her day’s tasks. After

her bed

following her parents divorce, her mother had

having private tutoring did her stepfather

she had planned to marry, Murray.

to harass her. She saw Murray as her savior, keeping her

on the verge of marriage when

received love from her parents, and the only man she wanted to

she 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

but his

daze. Zoey pulled out her phone and dialed

broken engagement, her mother felt disgraced and stopped communicating with her

her stepfather’s intentions toward Zoey. Disgusted with her 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

thought was

it, too, which is why she was calling her father.

she let out in a hoarse voice, “Dad,

she began to

man on the other end was about to hang up, but hearing her cry, he furrowed his

eventually gave way to a complete breakdown.

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