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?"

do fortunes like Penny, so people still need to tell me things for me to know. But because you're like an open book among us, it's

the second time. Atlas would say things with such a straight

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 didn't share his

"Aren't you angry at what I just

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tilted his head to the side. "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

"Right."

Atlas said was his honest thoughts about the story, but he also

making his second brother lift his eyes back to

said

you sulk in here tells me you blame yourself

his heart, he had to admit he was

belong, but I'm just saying even the police couldn't

feeling

feel many more times. You have to get used to it and use it as motivation to be in power to actually make a difference. That's life that's the reality Mom and Dad hadn't exposed

my room,"

the door, Hugo's question

us yet... how come you sound like you were exposed to it?" Hugo kept his

story. In a way, I sort of exposed myself to the ugly

the star

say that," he hummed before he resumed his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until

the reality of the weak... and yet, I've never seen him sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and

don't want to be weak, he told himself. "I'll climb my way up

teams poaching him. It wasn't like he never got an offer before. However, he knew that if he

today, the determination in his

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higher than an officer to make