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."

dramatically bid it farewell and dragged himself out

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

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

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were going, it wasn't business affairs, so they were free to complain. "Then come back after you visit my parents."

grunted, but still dragged

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

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,

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a cup of coffee they bought in the drive-thru. Allison should have been with him, but she wanted to save herself

this alone?" 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 her mind

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last minute."

night. Give your

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

reason Charles was reluctant

because of the situation.

everyone speechless. Knowing Allison's family, although they were kind people, they were also very strict on some terms. For them, blood was always thicker than water. It was

was this palpable change when they found out that Nina wasn't their real

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

Nina, but Penny..." Charles sighed. "I haven't even told the boys that Nina would be leaving

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agreement was that Nina would stay during the weekend, she had to

be staying with the

Atlas? Haines, tell

you hate

she did something to

just giving suggestions."

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