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

64 Blood is thicker than water

The next day, Penny was up early despite staying late tutoring Slater. She stayed with him almost all night to make sure he at least understood the lesson. It would be more efficient if he understood one lesson per subject every session. In that case, they could move forward easily.

Still in her pajamas, Penny carried a pad of paper and headed straight to Slater's room. Her body had grown accustomed to staying up late and waking up early since purchasing her laptop, but she wasn't sure of Slater.

"Knock knock!" Penny announced as she knocked on the door. "Slat

- Third Brother, time to wake up!"

Penny knocked a few times and when no one answered, she gazed up at the door.

'Don't blame me for being ruthless. Penny took a step back and kicked the door open.

The door opened with a bang, waking up Slater in an instant.

"Who's there!? I'm innocent! Please don't kill me!" he jumped on the bed, still half dreaming, half awake. 2

"Goodness... what kind of dream were you having?" Penny

scrunched up her nose, gazing at the dried drool on the corner of his mouth and his messy bed hair. She stood beside the bed and tossed a pad of paper to him.

When the pad landed on Slater's lap, he blinked a few times before clarity dawned on him. "Penny, what time is it? It's too early... can I

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sleep more?"

"I want answers to those questions after breakfast," she said in a commanding tone. "So no, you can't sleep more until you earn it. Chop chop." (2

After saying that, Penny quickly skipped away to start her morning.

Her brother, on the other hand, just stared at her helplessly. "Penny, close the door tss. She didn't close it."

Another deep sigh escaped Slater as he felt like his bed was pulling him down for an embrace. He usually sleeps more during the weekends, since it is his only time to relax and recover from all the bullying. But now, he also had to wake up early on the weekend because he had to study.

"How does First and Second brother do this?" he mumbled as his eyes inevitably landed on the pad of paper on his lap. "She'll kill me

if I doze off."

a reluctant look, he dramatically bid it farewell and dragged himself out of the

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to her room when she heard her parents and Haines talking. Curious, she approached the railing of the mezzanine

I want to sleep some more..." Charles complained as he dragged himself to the main entrance of the house. He still looked groggy, as if he only

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tell wherever they were going, it wasn't business affairs, so they were free to complain.

grunted, but still dragged his

first time seeing her parents look so sleepy. She didn't dwell on it, though, telling herself even adult Penny

they resigned to bed, they couldn't stop talking about them. Slater and Penny hadn't gotten along well, but

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Allison should have

to go through this alone?" Charles grumbled as he held the cup of coffee while sulking in the front seat. "She

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last minute."

late last night. Give your wife

wanted to complain more, but he loved his wife so much. It wasn't like Charles didn't get along with his in-laws. To be fair, he gets along with his father-in-law and brother-in-law so well that they used to go hunting

reason Charles was reluctant to meet them

because of the situation.

although they were kind people, they were also very strict on some terms. For them, blood was always thicker than

out that Nina wasn't their real granddaughter. They never said it, but one could tell they felt

wind quickly changed when they found out Nina wasn't their real granddaughter. Plus, Allison thought it was best not to overwhelm Penny with all these new faces until she fully adjusted and accepted them as

like Nina, but Penny..." Charles sighed. "I haven't even told the boys that Nina would be leaving tomorrow. Especially with that bet. I'm afraid this would throw Atlas

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stay during the weekend, she had to leave for the Cortez Household before Monday so she

staying with the elders," Haines suggested,

Haines, tell me and

you

would if she did something to harm Penny.

just giving suggestions."

elders as an excuse...