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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.”

brother carefully closed the door for her. After buckling her seatbelt, she glanced at the windshield, only to see Hugo approaching the car parked across

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.

engine. Hugo beamed at her, signaling for her to go

underground parking lot, with Penny heading

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no music, no calls, no work, no worries, no problems. Her fear this year, which she had tried to avoid at all costs, had been resolved more easily than she expected. Now, her mind was at peace, and she could probably

down, however, Penny didn’t feel like resting. She had slept well

finger on the steering wheel while casually driving on the highway. “Very

else, or maybe she was so bored that she couldn’t shake a certain matter from

been bothering her since

coming, did you? That’s what will happen to Dean Pierson if [Miss Penelope, you didn’t see

is not I who is walking on

will add some credibility to

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

carry.

“I even pitied him – 1 pitied him

Penny thought about it and the events of last night, the more she

Zoren Pierson, often saw him as nothing more than his illness. Even Benjamin seemed to see Zoren only through the lens of his illness and the schemes surrounding

Dean,” she whispered and hummed. “He never said anything about his uncle that

though Dean was now under Penny’s suspicion, she

while everyone else