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

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[Sunrise Medical Center]

Penny waltzed through the hallway of the VIP ward and stopped in front of a private room. She knocked once before sliding the door open, catching sight of a man reclining on the hospital bed.

Dean slowly turned his head toward the entrance, smiling gently as soon as he met those brown-olive eyes. "You really came?"

"You said you were dying, so I thought I'd visit you as you took your last breath, Penny remarked as she casually entered, sitting down on the chair beside the bed. Her eyes scanned him before her lips curved down.

"Didn't you say you got into an accident?" she asked, displeased. "You don't look like you're dying

to me."

"I got a few scratches."

Penny scratched her temple mildly, trying to keep her temper at bay. "Okay. Then, good?"

"Penny, you've arrived in the country and didn't even call me." Dean frowned. "Is that how your treat your boyfriend?"

"Since when did you become my boyfriend?"

"Not just that, but I heard you're hiring someone to marry," he continued, completely ignoring her question. "I'm heartbroken."

Penny's expression turned solemn. "Did you hire someone to follow me?"

"I didn't." Dean smiled. "Yugi told me."

hissed, grinding her teeth as she realized Dean had manipulated Yugi into revealing information again. "I'm going to sew his mouth shut when I

that you had to resort to such measures? Penny, if that's the case, then I'll marry you. I think

her brows and gazed at

her mind drifted to a question and a

and going back in time was that Penny couldn't ask anyone else but herself. Before Dean's nonsense, she assumed something happened that caused this engagement to happen. However, what

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but because Nina was marrying into a wealthier family,

to stay away from family affairs, everything she had to deal with in the past is

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zoning out again. That habit is bad. It made me hope a little. Penny clicked her tongue. "Dean, if you're not dead yet, don't call

to call you

crafty anyway," she said as she rose from her seat. "I'm a

me unless it's really important or an

you.

you ask me what happened to me?" he returned, watching her prepare to leave. "You're hurting

an emergency. One more thing, stop bothering my cousin. The next time you do, I'll kick you in the gut." Having said that, Penny turned her back on him

nosy attitude toward her, even though they practically grew up together. To be fair, Penny

something she would never figure out,

him was because she owed

was trying to repay

halted when she reached the door, and she looked back at Dean. "Hey, do you happen to know someone..." she trailed

tilted his

mind," Penny smiled, holding herself back from asking for another favor from him. "Go home. Hospital bills

said that, Penny resumed her steps and closed

door, a shallow breath slipped past Dean's lips. "Even after all the years. we've been together, she's