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

188 Why? Are you part of the bet?

"I need help with the final exam. Can you tutor me?"

For a second, Penny thought her ears were deceiving her.

"Haha!" she tugged her earlobes. "First Brother, I think my ears are playing tricks on me. What favor do you need?" z

"Professor Singh is only available on the weekends, but I don't want to take any chances. You bet on me, so you need to make sure you coach me to get the gold," he said with a straight face.

Penny was rendered speechless for the first three seconds before she squealed. "Ehh!?!?!"

"Can you help? Or is it too much of a bother?"

"First brother, I think you're sleepwalking!" Penny laughed nervously. "Why are you asking your little sister for help? Are you running with a fever?"

Atlas pressed his lips and sighed. "I know you're smart..." he paused and slid his eyes to the commer

" smarter than me."

*!!!" Penny scrunched up her nose and looked at him incredulously.

Was the world ending?

Looking back to her first life, Atlas never liked when someone was meddling with his affairs. Be it as an adult or as a teenager, he liked doing things on his own. It was why he always felt irritated with her when Penny was poking her nose where it doesn't belong, especially as adults.

There were times Penny would help him in the company, even if he told her not to. And because she was nosy, Penny ended up in prison because of one bad decision out of a thousand good

ones.

"Penny, it's alright," Atlas reassured, eyes fixed on her. "I've come to terms with it."

"But I haven't," she blurted out incredulously. "First brother, are you okay?"

"A bit." His face slowly turned solemn. "Will you help me?"

don't you have a group to study with? All of them

First brother, don't tell me you're tutoring them and

about that..." A heavy sigh escaped Atlas but didn't dwell on it. He didn't even want to think about how he put himself in that situation. "I'm not neglecting it, but I'm a little anxious." Her brows rose, watching him

what I saw, they've taken that bet seriously. If they're working hard, I need to work hard twenty times more, he confessed, holding his hand tightly behind him as if that had been

shock on her face slowly disappeared, replaced with mild confusion.

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part of

I only showed off that I know Slater's lessons, but that's because we're

Brother, you'd get into the top section even if you do it on your own," she said with certainty. He did it in the past, and

look on his face, he didn't seem to take her words to heart. "I appreciate that you believe in

as he suddenly looked so

of her head, afraid he would stand outside her door all night until she agreed. "We can do a test run, but I

and intimidate him just like how she would

a

knob and pull the door closed. But before he could fully close it,

Penny," he repeated with a subtle smile. "I'm talking

thanked me

thought it was not enough to express my gratitude. That book helped me a lot and, in a way, built my confidence and humbled me at the same time. His short smile stretched a bit. "Good night." This time, Atlas closed the door while Penny stood

disbelief. When Atlas thanked her for the book recommendation, she

meddle with his business,' she

my allowance

matter of seconds. "Well." Penny shrugged and walked back to her bed. "It's better to be safe than sorry. I put the majority of on him, and he must

though in their past life, Atlas was able to step into the star section on his own, it was better to make sure he would still do that. After all, before, Atlas didn't

club and was focused on his studies day and

The next day....

Bam!

Bam!

Plak!