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."

little shit..." she 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 see

back to the current lapse. "Why? Is the engagement too much to handle that you had to resort to such

her brows and gazed at

gently at her. "I'll take care of you. I promise." Penny 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

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 if

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if this engagement happened in her previous life, but because Nina

stay away from family affairs, everything she had to deal with in the past is now happening to me?" she wondered, and somehow, that question already gave her clarity. That makes a lot

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my offer, but you were just zoning out again. That

to call

from her seat. "I'm a busy

unless it's really

you.

returned, watching her prepare to

"Dean, like I said, don't bother me unless it's important or 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 and strode

like him, his guts, or his nosy attitude toward her, even though they practically grew up together. To be fair, Penny didn't like him the first time they met, and her dislike only grew the more he lingered

- probably, something she

indulged him was because she owed

him-a debt she was trying to repay

and she looked back at Dean. "Hey, do you happen to know someone..." she trailed off as his brows

tilted

Penny smiled, holding herself back from asking for another favor

said that, Penny resumed her steps

lips.