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

124 Realizations.

"What note?" @

Atlas furrowed his brows, but just as his lips parted, Nina quickly jumped to his side.

"First brother, it's alright!" Nina smiled nervously before casting Penny a look. "Penny it's okay. First brother is talking about the notes we had to do in Mr. Anderson's class. But it's okay now. I can just ask Patricia for it.

"Nina, if Penny is already lending you her notes, why bother other people?" Atlas' frown deepened. "All I'm saying is, finish your notes next time. If others can finish it, so can you."

"Yes, yes." Nina smiled, eyes moving to Penny. "Then, I'll borrow your notes, Penny. Thanks again. Right. The snacks! Let's eat snacks together. I'm actually very hungry."

Penny was confused. She didn't remember writing any notes yesterday In Mr. Anderson's class, nor did she remember lending Nina any notes. How could she when she didn't have any notes in the first place? She watched the three walk over to the intricate garden table set. Sitting up ever so slowly, Penny kept her eyes on Nina.

"Wow. Mouse is even heavier than Chunchun." Hugo's voice stole her attention, sitting beside her on the grass with Mouse on his lap. "Penny, are you sure we're going to call it Mouse? The longer it stays with us, the more I feel like it feels wrong.

Penny smiled because Mouse was actually letting Hugo cradle it while Chunchun was beside him. "I don't want it to be confused anymore. Hehe.

"see.

"Second Brother, aren't you going to eat snacks with them?

Hugo glanced at his brothers and shook his head. "I'm not in the mood.

"Second Brother..." Penny hummed. She didn't want to dwell on the thought that Hugo was avoiding Nina, but now she couldn't help it. "Are you avoiding Nina?" "No," his answer was quick, without a second hesitation. "I'm ignoring her." 2

"Why?"

it anyway. More like what she said. "Don't worry about it. That's between me and her." Penny nodded because she also didn't want to meddle. "Okay" she said before

"Where are you going?"

looked back at him and smiled. "Just... want to confirm a theory. Please look after Mouse and Chunchun for a bit. Don't let them

"Oh, okay?"

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without anyone stopping her. When she arrived, she saw Tiana sitting in

drawer was left

breathed out, running toward the study desk to check the broken piece of

Penny held the edge of the desk and heaved a sigh. She patted her

sure it was the same piece. Good thing Penny already

kept the piece in her hand, staring at it while

Squeak!

train of thought stopped when she heard the thin pitch coming from Tiana. Looking at

guarded this, did you?" Her eyes softened. "Good thing I couldn't

however, faded when she thought of the

she was lending to Nina, Penny felt this sudden tug in her heart that made her feel uneasy. After seeing how Nina reacted, the uneasiness in her heart grew. And then, her heart started racing to

she calmed down and relaxed,

is the one who dropped the flowerpot?" she

conclusion. 1

a princess. She also

people how cunning and ruthless Nina was. But alas, people only deemed her as the jealous sister. They saw Penny as the one who was insecure and that she was trying to use her blood relation to the Bennet to kick Nina out. Hence, Penny learned how to keep things to