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

203 Her money was on the line again!

It was no secret that Max and the rest of the basketball team had a complicated relationship. Max never trained with them and oftentimes in their practice play, things usually get heated. Although the team always won almost all games with Max and Hugo on the team, everyone knew every member was essential. O

Not to mention the captain.

"One more thing why I found this team pathetic is because you chose that loser as the captain.”

The basketball team stopped once more, and slowly, they faced Max again. This time, their faces were not just gloomy and annoyed. Their faces looked darker and somehow Penny's surroundings dimmed. This is intense!'Penny mentally gasped. Even my surroundings turned dark with just this!'

Just as that thought crossed her mind, she felt a light tap on her shoulder. When she turned, her eyes caught Atlas's plain face looking down at her.

"First Brother?" she murmured, realizing the reason her surroundings suddenly went dim. z

Atlas didn't say or do any other expression as he stood beside her and lifted his eyes to the drama. Penny cleared her throat and watched this as well with interest. Although Hugo was there, she found it interesting to watch a drama that didn't involve her.

"You..." one member of the basketball team scoffed. "You bastard...! How dare you?"

"Max, are you really looking for a fight?" another one took a step forward, ready to fight..

Another member also took a step forward, his chest out, chin high.

"Guys. The captain, who wasn't also pleased by this, had to squash down his rising anger and stop them. "He's just taunting."

"Max, if you think you're that valuable to the team, why not play alone next game, hmm?" Hugo, who miserably fell into Max's taunting, remarked. "Since you're still bitter at the fact that we chose the captain as captain instead of you, then leave the team."

The captain turned to Hugo and warned. "Hugo, that's enough."

"Captain, we always let this guy off every time!"

sake of

now"

and even tried to play with him despite our internal problems

a stern look. "Captain, you are still the captain of our team. For him to disrespect you like that means he really has

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was on

Max and his team were all a

enough," Max retorted, cutting the captain off just to prove had no respect for him. "Why are you all angry at me when all I'm saying is the truth? If you want my respect, you guys

he

keeping your grades just to stay in the team, you can't even excel in the game you love. I don't even like basketball. Do you think I like it? No. I do this because the school wants me to play and because I want some time off

put my heart and soul into this game or on this team. I'm already good at it without trying. It's the same as staying in the star section. I'm in there, and none of you are not." When Max's eyes landed on Hugo, he smirked. "Tell that to your brother,

out a dry laugh. "You're throwing a tantrum and provoking the team because of my

One of the members quickly found

you're that scared of

and Penny on the

are different from ours, but

someone from the star section, huh? I guess they're all threatened since Atlas

Why would I feel threatened by him? If Atlas is lucky, he might get in, or maybe he'd get a seat in our class... that is if any of us pitied him. Morcover, even if Atlas is undoubtedly smart

blurted out, earning strange

this wouldn't escalate to the worst, they followed Hugo's remarks to annoy

because Atlas isn't in the team doesn't mean he can't play.

if Atlas is

on the sidelines:

quit, Max? And

you play basketball too?!" Penny gasped and looked up at Atlas, only to see the grim look on his face. Her remarks, however, already gained