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."

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

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

as he dragged himself to the main entrance of the house. He still looked groggy, as if he only

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was also yawning while following him behind. Both were just wearing casual clothes, so Penny could tell wherever they were going, it wasn't business affairs, so they were free to complain.

grunted, but still

up all night," Penny mumbled; it was her first time seeing her parents look so sleepy. She didn't dwell on it, though, telling herself even adult Penny had days she felt too lazy to

didn't know was that her parents, including Haines, stayed outside the library, taking turns to watch them study. But even when they resigned to bed, they couldn't stop talking about them. Slater and Penny hadn't gotten along well, but last night,

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Allison should have been with him, but she wanted to save herself from her parents'

Charles grumbled as he held the cup of coffee while sulking in the front seat. "She shouldn't have agreed if she's going to change

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last minute."

stayed up late last night. Give your wife some

he loved his wife so much. It wasn't like Charles didn't get along with his in-laws. To

reluctant

because of the situation.

The surprise they had when they found out that Nina wasn't their real daughter truly left everyone speechless. Knowing Allison's family, although they were kind people, they were also very strict on some terms. For them, blood was

was this palpable change when they found out that Nina wasn't their real granddaughter. They never said it, but one could

wasn't their real granddaughter. Plus, Allison thought it was best not to overwhelm Penny with all these new faces until she fully adjusted

Nina would be leaving tomorrow. Especially with that bet. I'm afraid this would throw Atlas and Slater off

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she had to leave for the Cortez Household before

staying with the elders," Haines

but Atlas? Haines,

you

but Haines would if she did

just giving suggestions."

"Using the elders as an excuse... isn't