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

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Meanwhile, Hugo stayed in his room as soon as they reached home. Since they left the station, his mind had been stuck on the family he encountered. He was in disbelief that such injustice could happen and even with the authorities involved, there was nothing that was done.

This was his first experience of another face of reality.

It was... infuriating - disturbing.

Knock knock

Hugo blinked and turned to the door, catching Atlas peek at the gap.

"You okay?" Atlas asked without even taking a step inside.

"Do I not look okay?"

"Yes"

Hugo chuckled and moved, adjusting his position on the bed. Atlas took this as an invitation to get inside the room, not daring to sit on his brother's bed with his outdoor clothes.

Yet...

"Why do you always lay down on your bed with your outdoor clothes?" Atlas couldn't help but ask. "That's disgusting"

"Did you come here to comfort me? Or criticize me?"

"Comfort you, but this habit is disturbing."

Hugo let out a deep sigh while Atlas decided to drop the subject.

"What happened while you were gone with Penny?" Like always, Atlas didn't beat around the bush. "I know something happened and you guys just don't want to tell us." "First Brother, is there something that goes past your eyes?"

tell me things for me to know. But because you're like an open book among us, it's easy

his brother and sighed for the second time. Atlas would say things with such a straight

something that's very infuriating, Hugo summarized the situation from start to finish. Not that he made the situation sound light, but he just told what was important. "It's annoying, and it's disturbing. One of the troublemakers in the station even said that this country is the best place to live if you're a criminal. What he said made me angry, but at the same time, it says a lot of things. Atlas rocked his head. "I see. his reaction

you angry at what

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battered wife chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process. I sympathize with them, but at the same time, I'm just seventeen. Even if it bothered me, there was nothing I

"Right."

Atlas said was his honest thoughts about the story, but he also understood that he and Hugo

called, making his second brother lift his eyes back to him. "It's not your

said

you sulk in here tells me you blame yourself for

to admit he was a little regretful,

belong, but I'm just saying even

don't like the feeling I felt today. I felt

have to get used to it and use it

going back to my room," he added and turned

door, Hugo's

sound like you were exposed to it?" Hugo kept his eyes on his brother's figure, watching Atlas slowly

not long ago," Atlas confessed. "But that's entirely a different story. In a way, I sort of exposed myself to the ugly reality

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his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed the door behind him. The corner of his lips curled up a bit, shaking his head

yet, I've never seen him sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He rested his hand

be weak, he told himself.

the military because of the major league teams poaching him. It wasn't like he never got an offer before. However, he knew that

today, the determination in his

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than an officer to make a