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

247 I can't marry twice [FLASHBACK]

The sound of a vase shattering on the floor rang sharply, causing everyone who heard it to panic. Penny jumped in surprise, taking a step back, only to wince when she accidentally stepped on a shard of the

vase.

"Ouch..." Penny bit her lip and squatted down to remove the shard from her foot. "Ahh..."

She pursed her lips, holding back her tears. It was just a small wound, so she feared the elders. would think she was overreacting if she teared up. She had learned her lesson. "Oh, no..."

Her attention was drawn to a meek voice nearby. When Penny looked up, her eyes landed on a young girl about her age.

This girl had been teasing Penny moments ago. But since Penny chose to stay quiet and let it go, the girl tried something else to get a reaction from her, ultimately tipping the vase off its stand. "Sophia..." Penny called out. "Are you hurt?"

Sophia Bennet, age 14, turned her shaky eyes to Penny. Despite her bleeding foot, Penny tiptoed. toward Sophia to see if she was hurt. The boy with them held his breath, shocked at what had happened. "Oh, my god! What happened here?!"

Before Penny could reach Sophia, the latter pushed her away slightly. "Mom!"

"Sophia!" a middle-aged woman gasped, watching her daughter run towards her. "Sophia, be careful!"

When Sophia reached her mother, she hugged her out of fear.

"Sophia, are you hurt? What happened?" the woman asked worriedly, her eyes scanning her daughter.

up, teary-eyed.

point a finger. "She was teasing Sophia and ended up tipping

the family arrived at the scene. When

horror. That wasn't the truth, but she could see the displeasure on

sight of the shards on the floor. But when she saw the blood on Penny's foot, her motherly instincts kicked in.

daughter's shoulders, looking at her up

I can't marry

Let's

you doing right now?!" Allison's breath hitched as she

her hands closer to her chest, but in her mind, this was yet another opportunity to make Penny look

acting like she's the one who needs help when she's the troublemaker who broke a vase worth more than just money!" the woman fumed. "More importantly, she could have hurt my Sophia! This is

at everyone.

bad accusations from her in-laws. But after many incidents involving Penny and her supposed bad behavior, Allison could only lower her eyes. "I'm sure Penny

because Penny is your child doesn't mean you have to keep defending her!" an elderly woman, Charles' mother, shouted in frustration. "That brat was raised in a poor and ill-mannered family, so it's no surprise she has a bad upbringing! It's your job as a mother to

you've been in this family for so long, yet it seems you still haven't

faules!" Sophia's mother added. "If you keep siding with her without

then you're simply enabling bad

was best to stay quiet. Fighting her in-laws would never end well for her. "What's going on here?" Suddenly, Charles arrived with the men of the family. His eyes darted back and forth between his wife and daughter, and then to his mother and cousin. Charles's expression instantly darkened as he stepped in to

with her publicly, they would discipline her at home. Initially, Allison and Charles believed her, but with Nina's constant drama and schemes, they eventually believed Penny needed to