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

311 My heart went… oops.

“He’s my type.”

For a moment, Grace was stupefied by Penny’s confession. She expected her to be a little in denial or at least subtle about it. This wasn’t subtle at all.

“He’s your what?” Grace let out a short laugh. “He’s your type?”

Penny nodded.

“Wow” Grace’s eyes twinkled as she clasped her hands together. “My baby girl is not a baby anymore! My god… you might just have your first boyfriend!”

Penny arched a brow. “And why would I have my first boyfriend?”

“Oh, no. Grace raised a finger and shook it. “Don’t give me that look, dear. It looks like the face of the grim reaper who cut your uncle’s love life’s wings”

“Zoren Pierson is smarter than I thought, and he outsmarted me. My heart went… oops.” Penny casually shared what made her heart thump like crazy last night. “But then again, admitting he could make my heart leap like that is dangerous. So, to deal with it, I have to face it with honesty… like I always do.

The excited smile plastered on Grace’s face disappeared as she sighed. “Penny, why are you like

this?”

“What do you mean?”

me very concerned now,” Grace expressed. “I know you are successful and you are a smart woman. But why are you

her head to the side. “I think I have good relationships.

I am saying is how you keep everyone close to your heart, but far enough not to hurt you, Grace explained. “I’m not talking about my relationship with

was even more confused. “I have a good relationship with my family,

“I didn’t want to say it before, but now that your future romance is on the line, I’m worried. I’m saying this not because I’m telling. you to date Zoren Pierson, but because it shows that

at Grace. “I keep everyone in my heart genuinely. However, I don’t give those people I love the power

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heart

Grace’s cue to drop the subject. She could only shrug

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your heart in

issues after that time, Penny. It took me a while to actually put my heart in my mother’s hands and simply hope she’d protect it at that time. I’m glad I

the help of the Bennets, some bigger issues also arose for them. It wasn’t all

together and nodded in understanding. “I’ll keep it

her firm. Since Penny did all the work yesterday, she didn’t really have a lot of things to do today – just a quick meet–up with Grace and

at a safe distance?” she wondered to herself, admitting that what Grace told her was true. “I forgave and even put things in the past, but giving someone the power to actually

of perspectives. After all, she understood where Grace was coming from. But at the same time, Penny couldn’t explain why she was

thinking it was unnecessary to fill her mind with something she already thought she had defended. But when she did, she

she whispered. “I forgot that

mind, replaced with the thought of her brothers talking to Zoren. Although Zoren didn’t detail it, Penny knew her brothers. Moreover, a man answering her phone

I just explain…?” she wondered