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,

told herself she couldn't afford a mishap

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her life

"... didn't do it."

glass. The first thing she noticed was his untrimmed beard, his messy

her eyes brimmed with tears. "... please, believe me. I didn't

me."

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

within them.

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

Tears flooded her face as

"I am

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true, Penny, it's over." Atlas smiled wryly. "You did what

sealed lips as she shook her head

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

seemed to have aged in 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 when you made your

that so they wouldn't

grinding his teeth angrily. "I know you hate

"Because I am!"

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

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bit her quivering lips, tasting her own tears and snot. Looking at her desperate brother, she didn't know what to

single word she said.

placing both her hands on the glass separating them. "And yet, I was still hopeful that for once... you would side with me, your real younger sister. Just this

hitched as her tears blurred her vision.

accepted by her brothers and treated as family. But alas, even at this moment,

but clear. "I hate all of you... there you go. You heard my reason. Did that give you enough peace now? I might be in prison now, but I'm not the only one going down. You, your brothers,

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scoffed as he staggered back. "I

life since my family found me, you, Hugo, and Slater never failed to make me feel I didn't

Atlas. Everything. I worked hard and studied hard ten 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 her hands

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

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house that day."

eard. "Well..." he ran his tongue

"Atlas..."

a bitter smile, rocking his head. "I... don't

but it won't be in the same place

Atlas turned his back on her. Penny just

was true, but it was just a fraction of

her brothers, Penny 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 a crime they never committed. To make amends, Penny took all the blame. Even so,

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their family

and last visit Penny had until her execution

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Penny kept her eyes downcast. She had already lost track of time and her will to live was almost gone. When she sat down on the

months. She looked... horrible, pathetic, and helpless. It reminded her of Atlas and

came to see