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Penny and Hugo lingered in Atlas’s office for another hour before bidding their eldest brother farewell. Atlas still had a lot of work and a meeting to attend. N

In the parking lot where Hugo and Penny had met earlier, the two of them walked side by side. “Headed home now?” Hugo asked as he walked her to her car.

“Mhm. I think so. I don’t have any work today, I finished everything yesterday.”

“No wonder you were so tired.”

They stopped when they reached her car, with Hugo watching as she opened the driver’s side door. Instead of getting in, Penny rested her palm on the door and looked back at him. “What about you, Second Brother?” she asked out of genuine curiosity. “Are you headed home now?”

without

Among the Bennet siblings, Hugo was the most free–spirited, any work obligations. After all, the man was on vacation leave, so he had plenty of idle time.

“I’m meeting some old friends, Hugo said, leaning his arm on the door. “Want to come? I’m helping with the bachelor party preparations. It’s the least I could do. They’d love you to be there!”

“Hmm. Maybe next time.” Penny smiled. “I’ll probably just go home for now and rest.”

“Okay.” He nodded and stepped back, still holding the door as she got in. Before closing it, he bent over slightly. “Penny, take care, okay?”

“Yes. Second Brother.”

“If you change your mind, give me a call. I’ll pick you up.”

for her. After buckling her seatbelt, she glanced at the windshield, only to see Hugo approaching

glad he’s been meeting his friends a lot,” she mumbled. “Second Brother is always the nicest. Although… I wonder what kind of help he’s even giving for a bachelor party. It’s not like

at her, signaling for her

of them went their separate ways after leaving the underground parking lot,

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which she had tried to avoid at all costs, had been resolved more easily than she

feel like resting. She had slept well last

on the steering wheel while casually driving on the

her lips into a thin line. A part of her wanted to do something else, or maybe she was so bored that she couldn’t shake a certain matter from her

matter that had been bothering her since

will happen to Dean Pierson if [Miss Penelope, you didn’t see that coming, did yo he

who is walking

hope outsmarting you once will add some credibility to the

Zoren had said last night echoed in her head. Penny pressed her lips into a thin line, reminded of how his dark eyes had squinted slightly as he chuckled in a low tone. Though his voice carried softness, it also carried a weight that one couldn’t help but feel

carry.

pitied him – 1 pitied him for his family, his health, and I felt sorry that he has to camp there

the events of last night, the

his illness. Even Benjamin seemed to see Zoren only through the lens of

“He never said anything about his uncle that would paint him as pitiful. If anything, he was wary of

until that night when Dean appeared at Chunchun’s birthday party. Even though Dean was now under Penny’s suspicion,

is something I cannot hide,” she whispered again. “Does that mean that while everyone else saw his illness as a weakness