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

264 See you at lunch.

"Hi, I have an appointment with Mr. Zoren Pierson, Penny said, leaning against the CEO department's front desk with a smile.

The assistant looked up at her and smiled subtly. "Miss, I'm afraid you cannot see Mr. Pierson right now."

"It's okay. I'll wait."

"No, Ma'am. Mr. Pierson didn't give any instructions that he's expecting someone today"

"Ah." Penny nodded. "That makes sense."

Her smile, however, widened as her brows rose. "Tell him that it's someone from the Prime Group"

Prime Group?

The assistant was aware of the boss's schedule, and Prime Group was on today's agenda. Therefore, she quickly offered Penny a smile. Penny was beautiful, and from her simple yet elegant attire, she looked professional. The assistant promptly changed her tone to a friendlier

onc.

"Alright. The boss's assistant is inside. I'll have to relay this first," she said, and Penny nodded. amiably.

As the assistant pressed a button on the telecom connected to the CEO's office because Benjamin was there, they heard Benjamin's voice.

"You again?!"

The clerk and Penny turned instinctively toward the owner of the voice. Penny's face twitched. while the assistant furrowed her brows. "Sir Ben..."

"What are you doing here?!" Benjamin roared aggressively, his finger almost touching Penny's nose. "Didn't I say you're not allowed inside? Where are the guards?!"

Penny ground her teeth and hissed back, "And I also said I have important business affairs. That's why I am here."

don't you go there?" Benjamin grumbled, venting his frustration on her. "Do you think I don't know you're with Dean?! If he asked you to come here and aggravate the people here, then you don't have

disbelief at his lack of restraint. "Is this how the people from the Pierson

No, but you're not just anyone. You're a vixen, trying to seduce

think there's a misunderstanding... the assistant trailed

today.

See you

losing his cool entirely. But what could an assistant do in this situation when her superior was telling

gesture said, "It's okay," even without using words. Then Penny faced Benjamin

Pierson Family through your looks, you're mistaken, Benjamin lowered his voice, but his expression

the one who crossed

"What?!"

"Didn't your

he's gonna go blind, do you understand?! But the truth would further destabilize Zoren's already shaky position in the company. "Mister, I don't know why you're so quick to

interrupted, cutting Penny off. "Miss, your side always crosses the line. Just being here crosses the line. So, don't blame us for being hostile toward

heart strangely subsided upon hearing Benjamin's last remarks. Though he still sounded angry

Penny took a

with a slight

quickly furrowed his brows, taken aback by

coming from earlier, but it seems

reason Penny was here so early in the morning was to avoid Slater. Most importantly, she was in a hurry to settle this marriage as soon as possible. However, she hadn't considered that some tactics she used when starting

would only think she was trying to deceive them. There was no point in arguing with someone who had already judged her before

to be wary of strangers,' she told herself while observing the idiotic look plastered on Benjamin's face. 'So, no matter how infuriating this guy is, I'm

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you at

and smiled subtly. "I understand

mouth, still taken aback by her sudden surrender. Just a moment ago, he

a