181 How to reject an admirer 101

"Penny?" Slater poked Penny's shoulder, but her head moved, resembling a bobbing head dog like the car decoration. "Did she sleep late last night?"

He turned to the back, giving his elder brothers a questioning look. Atlas and Hugo shrugged and shifted their eyes to her.

"Don't disturb her," said Atlas. "She's still probably tired from yesterday's event."

Hugo nodded and leaned forward, catching her head before it could hit the window. "Don't we have pillows here?"

"Since when did we bring pillows to school?" Atlas returned with a bit of sarcasm.

"Should I check her bag?" Slater suggested, making his brothers furrow their brows. "What? You have no idea anything can fit her bag. I

"Just hold her head like that, Atlas ignored Slater and cast his eyes on Hugo. "We're almost there, anyway."

A shallow breath escaped Hugo's nostrils, but he didn't complain. This was for Penny, and he didn't mind doing something for his little sister.

Even so, their curiosity about why Penny was so sleepy when she was normally energetic in the morning lingered in their minds.

If only they had known Penny and Charles had come home at around three in the morning last night, they would have understood.

Shortly after, they reached the school. However, this time, Atlas requested to drop them off at the drop-off point area so Penny could rest some more. He was concerned about the long walk when Penny was obviously not ready for the day.

When they arrived, Slater shook her a bit to wake her up.

"Penny, we're here.

"Hmm?" She rubbed her eyes, still half asleep. When her vision grew a bit clearer, all she saw was the concerned look from her brothers. "Huh?"

"Penny, are you okay? Hugo asked while retrieving his hand. "You nodded off as soon as you sat down in your seat.

"Ah. Hehe. Yes, I'm okay Penny intuitively turned to the window, furrowing her brows as this wasn't the usual place the driver dropped them off.

he requested to be dropped off here since it's closer to your building. Slater explained before she could

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being dropped off at the main drop-off area wasn't a good idea. Since the way they were

to bolt away from them and get to her building when she caught some students. Her face contorted,

dangling from the zippers of their bags, others on their phones. A few were wearing some subtle hair accessories with the name "Penny" around it. She even saw some wearing sashes from Penny's

in the horror film

hype would deescalate. But from what she was seeing, it wasn't

"Penny-!"

*Good morning, Penny-"

"You're so cute, Penny-!"

god,

hide. How come some students wanted this popularity? And even dreamed of it? It was

looked like her personal bodyguards at this point. However, they didn't mind.

unpleasant. Atlas, on the other hand, didn't bother completely. If Penny wasn't bothered, why would

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faster than a blink

so fast with that size?" 3) Her brothers glanced at him but didn't add more comment on that. Though, Hugo had one

to say:

say that in front of Penny.

planned to walk her to her classroom were forced to reroute

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Penny's. Hugo and Atlas share the same building, and it was still so early. So

watched Slater get into his building,

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