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?"

to study with? All

come in batches! First brother, don't tell me you're tutoring them and neglected your

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,

the star section students studying today and from 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

shock on her face slowly disappeared, replaced

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of

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

with certainty. He did it in

didn't seem to take her words to heart. "I

face contorted as he suddenly looked

would stand outside her door all night until she agreed. "We can do a test run,

him just like how

and took a step

knob and pull the door closed. But

subtle smile. "I'm

already thanked

enough to express my gratitude. That book helped me a lot and, in a way, built my confidence and humbled me at the

book recommendation, she brushed it off. Not because she had other important things, but mainly

meddle with his business,' she whispered. "But now, he wants me to basically coach

my allowance

face twisted into three different expressions in a matter of seconds. "Well." Penny shrugged and walked back to her bed. "It's better to be

step into the star section on his own, it was better to make

club and was focused

The next day....

Bam!

Bam!

Plak!