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!"

those words rolled out of his tongue, he

got up to help her brother. Grace's mother was holding Hugo's leg and that coward of a man was trying to attack Hugo while he was

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 father squeal. "Ahh!" the man found himself back on the ground, this time, with someone standing over him with his feet on his

do you think you're going to do with my

chest. His face twitched as he ground his teeth. From

was ready to kill

blurted out, her eyes dilating at the sight of her father.

confused because this was the first time he had seen his father

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a family

then, everyone heard a short siren from the end of the alley-like route. Following that sound was

beside Penny, holding her shoulders and his

studying Haines's pale complexion.

he could say as if a pipe was plucked out of

her head. "Brother Hugo

turned to Hugo.

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

loosened her grip and almost fainted. Thankfully, he was fast enough to

as she peeked at Hugo and

thin layer of tears coated her eyes, biting her bottom lips as she watched her mother fight to stay conscious. Seeing this,

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

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

truth. It was shameless and cruel, and the police were still listening to him! Penny, on the other hand, watched this unfold right before her eyes

at the entrance of the