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

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"I hate her!" Slater barged into Atlas's room and exclaimed. "That crafty girl! She's purposely making me angry!"

He threw himself on the comfortable lazy couch, fuming.

Atlas, who asked his family not to be disturbed, ignored him. He continued to answer the problem on his study desk.

"Big brother, that crafty piglet did that on purpose!" Slater continued in frustration. "She's trying to take mom and dad away from us!"

"Atlas, I..."

Suddenly, Hugo also came into Atlas's room, only to stop when he saw Slater unloading his anger in this

room.

"What are you doing here, Slater?" asked Hugo with a slight frown. "Atlas is studying for his exam."

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"I'm frustrated!" Slater grumpily glared at him. "It's that piglet's fault! Not only she is replacing Nina, but she's

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also putting a wedge between us and our parents."

Slater jumped from his chair and encouraged, "We need to come together and stop her madness!"

"If there's madness that needs to be stopped, that's yours," Atlas, who couldn't ignore his little brother anymore, gazed up at Hugo. "What do you need?"

Hugo raised a notebook and approached. "I've been stuck in this problem and I need to understand it for

tomorrow's recitation."

Atlas quietly took the note and opened it to the bookmark.

Seeing his brothers' nonchalance, Slater's lips curved deeply.

"Are you not concerned about this?!" he exclaimed angrily. "Someone is invading our territory and now she's winning!" @

"Slater, I know you're frustrated, but vent it

elsewhere." Hugo's voice was cold and commanding. "If you think she's taking Mom and Dad's attention, then you should disappear for 13 years. Otherwise, leave Atlas alone."

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"Let him be," Atlas said without giving them a look. "Slater is just worried about Nina."

feeling a little sorry for

another child?"

matter what we say, she's our sister." Atlas snapped his eyes back to Slater. "Also, I'm about to enter my junior year. This year is about

the military, so he also needs high grades unless he

"In other words, it's a waste of time. denying the sister we never knew until now.

shared looks before they cast their attention on Slater. Seeing that Slater was not appeased, they could only shake their heads and sigh. For them,

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stay out in the cold while

his brother, and the latter

the two elder brothers moved past the talks of Penny, Slater hadn't. He darted his eyes between the two, displeased that they had given in to this invasion so

on.

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for her kitten and her rain frog. She named the kitten, "Chunchun" and

swaying to and fro behind her, cupping her face, eyes on the floor where Chunchun and Tiana

any companion," she said.

Penny always kept

naranta wag

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with them. She was too shy to open up and when she finally did,

I forgot why was I outside in the first

her weight, sitting up was a challenge. Hence, she

wasn't that late yet, so she wanted to know if Haines had already come home. But when she reached the last step of the stairs, she caught sight of Haines in the

fell on the laptop in

him.

she called

Haines furrowed his brows, watching the plump girl bounce in his direction.

tell you why I was

his side.

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those deep dimples

slightly tilted

late,

she

house on purpose because she knew

making him rest?

touched at the thought. He believed Penny was a genius, and so this wouldn't be

need to ask you for

thoughts. "What

my money

"You have money?"

working!" Penny grinned proudly, but this only made Haines frown. "I'm scared that my money will disappear or will disintegrate if I keep them