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.

looked up,

to point a finger. "She was teasing Sophia and ended

rest of the family arrived at the scene. When they did, they caught wind of

truth, but she

when she saw the blood on Penny's foot, her motherly instincts kicked in. Ignoring the shards around her, she carefully

looking at her up and down. "Are

can't marry

is bleeding. Let's get it

Sophia's mother harrumphed upon seeing this. "What are you doing right now?!" Allison's breath hitched as she turned

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

old residence! But now, you're 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

at everyone. Meanwhile, Penny looked at her

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 didn't

"That brat was raised in

in this family for so long, yet it seems you still haven't gotten used to

added. "If you keep

simply enabling bad

dismay. She had learned long ago that it 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.

old residence. Although her parents would side 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