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 of them were from

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

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

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 had been giving him the push

slowly disappeared, replaced with mild confusion. I didn't

1/4

C

188 Why? Are y

of

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

she said with certainty. He did it in the past, and she was certain he

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

face contorted as he suddenly looked

would stand outside her door all night until she agreed. "We can do

his head and intimidate him just

Atlas nodded and took a

saw him reach the knob and pull the door closed. But before he could fully close it, Atlas

repeated with a subtle smile. "I'm talking about the

thanked me for

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."

minutes, staring incredulously at the door in disbelief. When Atlas thanked her for the book recommendation, she brushed it off. Not because she had other important things, but

she whispered. "But now, he wants me to

my allowance

and walked back to her bed. "It's better to be safe than sorry. I put the majority of on him,

section on his own, it was better to make sure he would still do that. After all, before, Atlas didn't have

was focused on his

The next day....

Bam!

Bam!

Plak!