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?"

have a group to study with? All of

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

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,

hard, I need to work hard twenty times more, he confessed, holding

her face slowly disappeared, replaced with mild confusion. I

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part of the

did I?" she wondered. I only showed off that I know Slater's lessons, but that's because we're only a

with certainty. He did it in the past, and she

her words to heart. "I appreciate that you believe

contorted as he suddenly looked so

I'm fit to do that, but we can try," She scratched the back of her head, afraid he would stand outside her door all night until she agreed. "We

him just like how she

nodded and took a step back.

door closed. But before he could

repeated with a subtle smile. "I'm

you already thanked me

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

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

when I meddle with his business,' she whispered. "But

my allowance

in a matter of seconds. "Well." Penny shrugged and walked back to her bed. "It's better to

his own, it was better to make sure he

was focused on his studies day and

The next day....

Bam!

Bam!

Plak!