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?"

group to study with? All of

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

himself in that situation. "I'm not neglecting it, but I'm a little anxious." Her brows rose, watching

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

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

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of

only showed off that I

own," she said with certainty. He did it in the past, and she was certain he would do it again even without my

to take her words to heart. "I appreciate that you believe in me

as he suddenly looked so

I'm not really sure if 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

him just

Atlas nodded and took a step

door closed. But before he could fully close

with a subtle smile. "I'm talking about

thanked

just 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

the door in disbelief. When Atlas thanked her for the book recommendation,

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

my allowance

back to her bed. "It's better to be safe than sorry.

into the star section on his own, it was better to make sure he would still do that. After

fan club and was focused on his studies

The next day....

Bam!

Bam!

Plak!