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!"

out of his tongue, he lunged at

Brother!" Penny instinctively got up to help her brother. Grace's mother was holding Hugo's leg and that coward

just as Penny got up, a figure suddenly flashed from the corner of her eyes. She stopped and turned her head, but the figure was not there anymore. After a second, she heard Grace's

do you think you're going to do with my son? Charles's face

face twitched as

think he was ready to kill this

father. That figure was him? I didn't know my father

a bit confused because this was the first time he had seen his father make such a terrifying

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a family

heard a short siren from the end of the alley-like route. Following that sound was Haines's

Penny, holding her shoulders and his eyes. scanning her

Haines's pale

huffed. "Goodness," was all he could say as if a pipe

her head. "Brother Hugo is

turned to Hugo. "Hugo,

Haines. Hugo glanced at his uncle before his eyes fell on the woman. "Ma'am, are

when the woman loosened her grip and almost fainted. Thankfully, he

okay." the woman forced a smile as

watched her mother fight to stay conscious. Seeing this, Charles and Haines got

explained in frustration. "There's no such thing as me

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

listening to him! Penny, on the other hand, watched this unfold

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