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?"

glance. I don't do fortunes like Penny, so people still need to tell me things for me to

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

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

frowned. "Aren't you angry at what I just

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"It's not my family, and it's not my business. The 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 could

"Right."

the story, but he also understood that he and Hugo were

he called, making his second brother lift his

said it's

the way you sulk in here tells me

but he shut them again. Deep in his heart, he had to admit he was a little regretful, and in a way, he felt

your nose where it doesn't belong, but I'm just saying even

feeling I felt today. I felt

to get used to it and use it as motivation to be in power to actually make a difference.

going back to my room," he added and

door,

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

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

star

he hummed before he resumed his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed the door behind him. The corner

sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He rested his hand on either side

he told himself. "I'll climb my

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

the determination in his heart fired

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need to be higher than an officer to make