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,

she couldn't afford a mishap in

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life ended

"... didn't do it."

glass. The first thing she noticed was his untrimmed beard, his messy hair, and the dark bags

just this once... please." Penny planted her hand on the glass as her eyes brimmed with tears. "... please, believe me. I didn't

me."

lifted his olive-brown eyes, the natural allure in them still present. However, it

within them.

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

Tears flooded her face as her entire

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

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it's true, Penny, it's over." Atlas smiled wryly. "You did what you did, and now we're paying the

escaped her tightly sealed lips as she shook her head in

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

to have aged in prison just months after her trial ended. "Our lives are over, Penny. People see us as terrorists, enemies of the

that so they wouldn't

grinding his teeth angrily. "I know you hate us, but you... you took it too far. Even

"Because I am!"

breath as he leaned forward. "Penny, you

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own tears and snot. Looking at her desperate brother, she didn't know what to say anymore. She had already told him everything from beginning to end, but alas, he wouldn't believe her. He never believed

single word she said.

row..." she hiccuped, placing both her hands on the glass separating them. "And yet, I was still hopeful that for once... you would side with me,

as her tears blurred

too much. She never asked them for too much. All she wanted was to be accepted by her brothers and treated as family. But alas, even at

give you enough peace now? I

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he staggered back. "I knew it... you're

embrace me! I grew up with an abusive aunt who would sell me for 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

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 her hands on the glass. "So, yes, I am jealous, because Nina didn't have to do all that for you guys to like

something." Atlas couldn't help but laugh in ridicule, shaking his head in disbelief. "I knew it. I knew you were

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house that day."

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

"Atlas..."

smile, rocking his head. "I...

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

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

was true, but it was just a fraction of it. The truth was, with her desire to

believed a malicious person. She was so blinded that she thought she was doing the right thing, only for her brothers and Penny to be accused of

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that struck their

the first and last visit

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live was almost gone. When she sat down on the metal chair, she glanced at

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

to see