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

202 Oh, no, he didn't! Was she ready?

The headmaster's words got stuck in Penny's mind and it kept playing along in her head even after her conversation with him. Walking through the hallway back to her building, her steps were slow and her eyes were cast down.

"How come I am not ready? I was prepared for this since infancy, she mumbled, recalling that she made ten backup plans if ever she couldn't change her fate and still ended up in the mansion that neglected her in the previous lifetime. 2

But deep in her heart, it wasn't the headmaster's questions that resonated with her, but the feeling she felt at the thought.

The plans Penny made back when she was an infant were all based on her previous life. Although there were still some events that didn't change and reoccurred in this life, many people around her changed one way or another.

Starting from Haines's overstay in the country, her brothers' change, Nina's unofficial redemption, and everything! Her friends, Grace, the school, her pets, and even her size! Name it, a lot of things changed. Looking back, it was very far from the life she used to have.

It was very different.

'It wouldn't be a stretch to call that... I'm currently living the dream I once had,' she thought and sighed deeply. 'But even so, I still want to leave because I don't want to stay like this forever."

Penny had a lot of plans and wanted to do things that she couldn't do in her previous life. She didn't know if she had another spare life, but in this lifetime, she promised to not only live it on her own terms, but she would also live to the fullest explore and have fun. If all was good, she wanted to marry early and have a family of her own.

That was the original plan.

But somehow, a small part of her heart was a little reluctant.

"Where is this reluctance coming from?" she whispered, her steps stopping as she caught at crowd at the wide space at the end of the hallway. "Hmm? What's going on? Is there a fight?" She blinked, her curiosity earned. With her nosy persona taking charge, Penny approached and. her face twisted the closer she was.

the basketball team?' Penny stopped on the sidelines, joining the bystanders who were watching whatever this drama was about to unravel. "Hey, Max, isn't

see him somewhere?" she wondered, looking up as she rummaged through her memory. It didn't take

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Oh,

garden, where she threw a

there. Her brows rose a little while assessing Max's figure. 'Now that I think about it, the basketball team openly expresses their dislikes toward one of their members. From what I recall, this member is from the star section, and he always thinks

losers without him."

frowned at the thought, and this exchange would justify the

towards him.

I came here because I need something from someone. It's you guys who came to me, telling me to practice, and

basketball team's face grimed at

calmly, despite the sharp look in his eyes. "If he

look, but they knew Hugo was right. They'd been stuck with Max, who had prince syndrome for years now. They should know that talking to him is like talking to a wall. They would never win with his

team slowly retreat like the pathetic bunch they were. "Hugo Bennet, stop

team stopped and slowly

you say?"

basketball is a team play," Hugo argued. "I don't carry anything or anyone. We help each

snorted. "But I can't believe I'm hearing someone glorify losing. A loss is a loss, and it doesn't

you trying to

my team even thinks losing is okay, Max hissed. "Then you're asking me why I don't train with you guys? This

jaw tightened, mainly because the attack was toward the entire team. It would be okay if it