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

120 Why is she so competitive?

The library was quiet with only the sound of pens scribbling on the papers resonating. Penny pursed her lips, scanning her brothers. They were all busy with their own work while she was just pretending. Penny was diligent in school and in her free time, she would study advanced

- more like a relearn of what she already practiced and applied in her first life.

lessons

I thought they'd want to skip today's lessons to give Nina some time.' She mentally shrugged off the thought, thinking they simply wanted to focus on their studies for now. They'd have plenty of time on summer break'

Not thinking about it anymore, Penny tried to focus on the lesson plan she needed to work on. Slater was surprisingly diligent, and she only had a hard time at the beginning of their sessions.

Knock Knock

The quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the library was disrupted by a knock. All four of them turned their heads at the door, seeing a maid take a step in.

"Miss Penny, your cousins are here," she announced with a smile.

Penny's brows rose as her round eyes looked wider. "Yugi and Yuri?"

"Yes, Miss Penny."

"Oh! They came too!?" Without a second thought, Penny excitedly jumped out of the chair and sprinted toward the door. Despite her wide size, her movements were so agile that she reached. the door in less than a few seconds.

The maid chuckled and followed Penny, closing the door to let the young masters continue their study.

"Why is she so excited?" Slater muttered, pouting. "It's just her cousin. She isn't like that to us.")

Atlas also kept his gaze fixed on the door. He couldn't articulate or even process what he felt while watching Penny jump out so excitedly at the mention of a cousin. But what he was sure of was that he didn't like the feeling. +

cousins," Hugo, who already met the twins, explained. "The three

Like siblings to her...

attention to Hugo, their displeasure

this was what he felt when he heard it the first time. "But Butler Jen explained that she's with them for

in store," Hugo continued, pushing himself up from his

Hugo casually walked out of the library as if he had some sort of leverage in joining Penny and the twins.

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is she

you still going to

cousins, and Penny needs some time with them. I'll let them

was the

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going?" Atlas slowly looked up, watching his third brother tilt

to introduce myself to Penny's

you don't

"Well, Penny likes them."

you

cheeks, saying. "I never said that!" before he fled to avoid more

wasn't their sister. He was already attached to Nina and in his heart, they were siblings. However, the more Slater g know Penny and the more he thought of what Penny was doing for him without

return,

or act on how to make amends, he thought he should. learn from the twins. After all, they were with Penny for years, and if he befriended them, he might know how to

the

was alone since he was used to it. But thirty minutes came and he could hear voices from

up to close the window. "Why are they so loud, as if there's

siblings and another two