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."

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

her back to the current lapse. "Why? Is the engagement too much to handle that you had to resort to such measures? Penny, if that's the case, then I'll marry you. I

furrowed her brows and

still didn't respond as her mind drifted to a question and a possible conclusion. 'Back then, not only wasn't this engagement didn't happen, but around this time, Nina also got

anyone else but herself. Before Dean's nonsense, she assumed something happened that caused this engagement to happen. However, what if that

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happened in her previous life, but because Nina was marrying into a wealthier family, it was

from family affairs, everything she had to deal with in the past is now happening to me?" she

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at Dean's remark. "I thought you were reconsidering my offer, but you were just zoning out again. That habit is bad. It made me

am I supposed to call you

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

me unless it's really important or an

you.

he returned, watching her prepare to leave. "You're hurting my

my cousin. The next time

or his nosy attitude toward her, even though they practically grew up together. To

- probably, something she

indulged him

indebted to him-a debt she was trying to repay just so she

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

he tilted his

Penny smiled, holding herself back from asking for another favor

said that, Penny resumed her steps

a shallow breath slipped past Dean's lips. "Even