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

PAMPERED CHAPTER 239

239 Welcome Home

Time didn't seem to affect the Bennet Mansion. It still looked the same as Penny remembered it. Although there were some improvements in certain parts of the house, they didn't take away the feeling of home.

The family caught up over dinner, exchanging stories on anything they could broach. Even after the long meal, they continued talking over some wine, as though they had been holding back their stories until this day.

Looking at their children, Allison and Charles couldn't help but tear up.

"You are all so grown now," Charles said dramatically, wiping his eyes. "Even my princess now looks like an empress. I miss my chubby Penny. Haines! How dare you starve my daughter, huh?! Didn't you retire to help her?!"

Haines, who had been the subject of Charles's constant blaming all night, sighed. "She still eats. the same.

"Impossible!"

"Dad, didn't you see how she ate everything?" Slater blurted out, looking at Penny in disbelief. "Penny, how? What's the secret?"

Penny pursed her lips, nervously replying, "I don't know. I think something body!"

is wrong with my

"I'll call a doctor!" Charles nodded at his daughter reassuringly. "Don't worry, Penny. Dad will take care of you from now on."

"Why are you all acting as if losing weight is bad?" Atlas wondered, raising his brows when Penny and Charles glared at him. "I didn't say anything wrong"

"It's just that Penny didn't want to lose weight," Haines explained with a chuckle. "However, because of her hectic schedule and constant training, she eventually lost weight. She still has the same appetite, though."

"Now I'm jealous, Slater blurted out, thinking about how he sometimes had to undergo a strict diet to keep his image. "This is unfair!"

"You're still healthy, Penny," Hugo nodded. "Don't worry. It doesn't matter if you're chubby or like this. You're not petite, anyway. Most importantly, you're healthy."

that underneath Penny's skin were trained muscles. She wasn't very

my body!" Penny clicked her tongue as Atlas and Hugo shamelessly looked her up and down. "This doesn't feel

smiled while

you two haven't been dating?" she muttered, trying to divert attention away from her. "First Brother, you're the oldest, yet you aren't even getting

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to it."

eyes on her. All of them were aware of the elders' plans, and they had been opposing them like crazy, especially

Her lips formed an "o" shape.

don't worry about it," Atlas reassured. "I'm now the head

getting married."

not get married, forever.

Let's not talk about

"Don't worry, Penny. No one

just enjoy this reunion and not dwell

Penny smiled, feeling reassured

elders were talking about, it still annoyed her. After all, her immediate family wasn't even forcing her to do anything.

like that, they enjoyed the night together, filled

could finally say

even though she still had

to her room, Penny paused and looked

froze here, she whispered, listening to the click

behind her.

and it was still the same as when she left it. The design, the books, and even the sheets were the

nice to be back," she whispered and quietly sat down on the floor beside the bed. She rested her arms over her bent knees, her back against the side of the bed, eyes scanning the room. When her gaze fell on a particular part of

sad, she whispered as her eyes softened, thinking of

immediately formed in her throat as she stared at the area she used to call

territory.