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

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

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 father squeal. "Ahh!"

do you think you're going to do with

man's hairy chest. His face twitched as

kill this man right then and

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

at his father, surprised. "Dad..." he called, a bit confused because this was the first time he had seen his father make

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It's a family

the end of the

Penny, holding her shoulders and his eyes. scanning her from head

studying Haines's pale

snapped his eyes at her and huffed. "Goodness," was all he could say as if a pipe was plucked

"Brother Hugo is with me

to Hugo. "Hugo,

Hugo glanced at his uncle before his eyes fell

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

as she peeked at Hugo and repeated.

mother fight to stay conscious. Seeing this, Charles

said, it's a family matter! These kids are just overreacting!" the man explained in frustration. "There's no such thing as me

But when he opened his mouth, Charles clasped his

shameless and cruel, and the police were still listening to him! Penny, on the other hand, watched this unfold right before her eyes from the sidelines. She shared Hugo's sentiments, thinking this was nothing but crap. But then again, this

was heard. When Penny looked at the entrance of the station, all she saw was Allison running toward