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

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"Please. Don't hurt him.""

Grace yelled once more, trying to stop her mother from begging for that good-for-nothing father. Penny, on the other hand, could only watch this unfold in disbelief.@

Anyone could tell that woman was beaten every second of her life by that man. Her bruises were enough to tell that the man never held back. If anything, it seemed he was slowly killing her. No one would be surprised if she ended up dead in his hands.

And yet, now that someone was standing up for her, she was begging him not to hurt her abuser?

What an irony.

Penny slowly shifted her eyes to Grace, understanding why Grace told her in the past her mother left her. What Grace's mother was doing wasn't protecting Grace, but protecting that right now was already

monster. The woman could've died or left, but what she was doin #ace, but protecting that

abandoning her daughter.

"Ma'am, Hugo called sternly, but the woman clasped his leg even tighter.

"Please." the woman begged and shook her head. "No more. Please, just go away. This is a family matter. Just leave us alone."

"Hah!" her husband snorted and looked at Hugo mockingly. "See?! You brat! Acting like a hero -

ou think you're some sort of hero rescuing the day?!"

He slowly got up once again, sneering. "You brat. Since you liked butting into other people's business, fine! I'll show you what you get for that!"

of his tongue, he lunged at Hugo once

leg and that coward of a man

corner of her eyes. She stopped and turned her head, but the figure was not there anymore. After a second, she heard Grace's

going to do with

as he ground his teeth. From his expression,

to kill

Penny blurted out, her eyes dilating at the sight of her father. That figure was him? I didn't know my father was

confused because this was the first time he had seen his

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a family

end of the alley-like route.

Hugo!" Haines quickly squatted beside Penny, holding her shoulders and his eyes. scanning her from head to

Penny blinked, studying Haines's pale complexion. "Is everything

huffed. "Goodness," was all he could say as if a pipe was plucked out of his throat. "Are

her head. "Brother Hugo

turned to Hugo. "Hugo, are

Hugo glanced at his uncle before his eyes fell on the

grip and almost fainted. Thankfully, he was fast

forced a smile as

her mother fight to stay conscious. Seeing this, Charles and Haines got a grasp of the situation. Charles then glared daggers at the man underneath his foot. Around this time, the police officers

kids are just overreacting!" the man explained in frustration. "There's no such thing as me hurting anyone! Was it already a crime to discipline

to this nonsense. But when he opened his mouth, Charles clasped

'Hugo ground his teeth and looked down. His fist trembled in anger, knowing everything this man was saying was twisting the truth. It was shameless and cruel, and the police were still listening to him! Penny, on the other hand,

Penny looked at the entrance of the station, all she saw was