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

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The sound of a chime rang through the restaurant as the door opened. Charles, who was busy serving, turned toward the entrance to greet the newcomer.

“Welco-” Charles stopped mid–sentence, the exhaustion on his face vanishing as soon as he saw his beautiful daughter light up the restaurant.

Penny’s eyes scanned the room before her gaze settled on her father. A smile quickly appeared on her face as she rushed inside, heading straight for Charles, who was cleaning a table.

“Papa, do you need help?” she quickly offered. “Let me do it.”

“It’s okay, my princess.”

Penny then grabbed the tray and grinned. “I’ll do it. Papa, you look very tired.”

“Haha.” Charles’s face softened, and he shook his head in surrender, letting his daughter take the tray while he placed the rest of the used glasses on it.

With that, Penny didn’t waste a second and carried the tray into the kitchen. As soon as she was. done in the washing area, she grabbed a spare apron from the counter and began helping out. She didn’t say a word and worked as if she had been doing this regularly.

Even Allison, who was at the counter, barely exchanged smiles with her daughter when a customer called for a server. Penny quickly attended to them to take their orders.

“Ali, honey, how does Penny know how to work here as if she’s done this before? Charles, idling by the counter, gazed at his wife curiously. “Does she always help out here?”

“She helps whenever she’s here, but even back then, Penny already knew her way around the kitchen and the restaurant, Allison murmured, her eyes shifting from her husband back to her. daughter.

The couple watched Penny approach them, grinning from ear to ear as she handed them the

order list.

paper, which she then registered before handing

is there something wrong, dear?” Allison asked when she faced Penny

rose as

pointed out, watching his daughter look in his

taken aback. “Was it

wondered.

her reassuringly. “We won’t ask, but know that we’re here to listen if you

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agreement. “Whatever it is, you can always tell us. Now, if you want to work,

else to do. I came

no work right now, Charles muttered, thinking his second son was becoming more

if I wanted to come with him, but I told him

the counter and cupped Penny’s check. “Well, since

pouted, smoothly changing the subject. “Don’t tell me you’re not paying your staff

“Penny, you know that’s not true. It’s just that… not many

Penny laughed awkwardly. “No wonder. That explains

the kitchen flew open, revealing the head chef. Charles, Allison, and Penny immediately fell silent at the

three of them, squinting her eyes suspiciously. “Are you

his head instinctively. “Why

“No one’s talking about you, and even if we were,

now, Jessa and Allison’s friendship amazed Penny. To this day, she didn’t understand how these

“Penny?”

As Jessa’s skeptical gaze landed on her,

they telling the truth?” Jessa asked with a raised