Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

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"This is impossible." Penny looked at the marriage certificate in between her fingers. "Since when did I get married?" @

Penny studied the printouts in her hand. The woman in the certificate was definitely her, but this man... Penny couldn't recall ever meeting him. The man in the certificate had a well-proportioned face with symmetrical facial features. He had a strong, defined jawline, adding a masculine look to him. His long, sharp, deep-set eyes were dark but very captivating.

Suddenly, Penny heard a knock from the window on her side. Winding down the window of the driver's seat, the man standing outside bent over.

"Why are you outside?" asked the man she hired for this sham wedding. "I've been waiting for you! Don't you want to get married?"

"Uh." Penny cleared her throat. "There's no need for this wedding anymore."

"Oh. Alright! Then, goodbye!"

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The man fashed her one quick smile before he sprinted away. Her face twitchard, Wouldn't he ask her why she didn't need to do the wedding? He just took

off to avoid the talk of the payment she already sent

him

"s not like I'm going to ask for a refund she mumbled setting her attention to the paper in her hand "Seriously How can one get married without

their permission"

As Penny wondered about this situation, her phone

Fang

"Hey! How's the wedding" asked the person from the

other end of the lar

"Well me and I'm married"

Congrate

Penny frowned, thinking Tugs didst get what she was trying to say "Tugs can you look up this man names..." Her eyes veered to her husband's name "Zoren

Pierson

90's that?"

"That's what I want to find out. I call you again later"

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Penny ended the call and gazed at the certificate once again.

All her life, she had been waiting for this day to come.

The day she could marry herself off and leave her household. It was no secret that Penny had been wanting to get out of the family. It was for the best for everyone, especially for herself. However, no one knew Penny had another big secret.

This wasn't her first life.

She promised that in this lifetime, she would live it on her own terms. But now, that plan was slightly shaken by the man registered as her husband.

"I don't know if this is a good thing, but what I know is I have to fix this," she whispered as her eyelids

drooped. "I can't afford to make the same mistake I did in my first life."

Her first life ended in a tragedy. Thinking about it,

couldn't afford a mishap in this

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her life ended and

"... didn't do it."

looked at the man scated on the other side of the glass. The first thing she noticed was his untrimmed beard, his

eyes brimmed with tears. "... please, believe me. I didn't do it. I'm innocent. It

me."

his olive-brown eyes, the natural allure in them still present. However, it paled in comparison to the helplessness and

within them.

he repeated quietly. "Penny, you wouldn't be behind that glass if

face as

shook in desperation. "I am innocent. Please... help

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Atlas smiled wryly. "You did

lips as she shook her head

Slater... his career's dead too." Tears formed in the corner of his eyes as

prison just months after her trial ended. "Our lives are over, Penny. People see us as terrorists, enemies of the country, corrupt to the core. You proved that

that so they wouldn't

his hand against the glass between them, grinding his teeth angrily. "I know you hate us, but you...

"Because I am!"

He drew a jagged breath as he leaned forward. "Penny, you listen to

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tears and snot. Looking at her desperate brother, she didn't know what to say anymore. She had already told him everything from

single word she said.

placing both her hands on the glass separating them. "And yet, I was still

as her tears blurred her

asked them for too much. All she wanted was to be accepted by her brothers and treated as family.

go. You heard my reason. Did that give you enough peace now? I might be in prison now, but I'm not the

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as he staggered back. "I knew

anything! And when I thought I was finally going to have a good life since my family found me, you, Hugo, and Slater never failed to make me feel I didn't belong there every single day! You never failed to make me feel you would prefer to have this person who isn't your real sister as your family over me, who is your

times more than anyone in hopes you'd like me. I enrolled in all martial arts classes to have common ground with Hugo and even studied music and arts so there's something I could talk about. with Slater!" Her voice cracked as she balled

his head in disbelief. "I knew it.

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house that day."

process what eard. "Well..." he ran his tongue across his inner cheek, speechless. "At least

"Atlas..."

heard your execution date is set." He offered her a bitter smile, rocking his head. "I... don't know what to say, Penelope.

you a good resting place, but it won't be in the same place as our parents and

difficulty, Atlas turned his back on her. Penny just sat on the same chair listlessly even after he

him was true, but it was just a fraction

only for her brothers and Penny to be accused of a crime they never committed. To make amends, Penny took all the blame. Even so, her confession only saved

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struck their family business, her brother's reputation,

first and last visit Penny had

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will to live was almost gone. When she sat down on the metal chair, she glanced at the officers who were strapping her body to the chair. Once they were finished, they all left her in a small square room with only

first time she had seen herself in months. She looked... horrible, pathetic, and helpless. It reminded her of Atlas and how he looked

to