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.

before taking the piece of paper, which she then registered before handing it over to

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

rose as she

look in his direction. “Is there anything you want to tell Mom and

a second, Penny was a little taken aback. “Was it

wondered.

want to talk about it, that’s alright.” Allison nodded at her reassuringly. “We

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can always tell us. Now, if you want to

because I have. nothing else to do. I came from Brother Atlas’s office with

right now, Charles muttered, thinking his second son was

I told him I wanted to go home and rest, Penny explained. “But I found myself

Penny.” Allison extended her hand across the counter and cupped Penny’s check.

you always understaffed?” Penny pouted, smoothly changing the subject. “Don’t tell

just that… not many

Penny laughed awkwardly. “No wonder. That explains

Charles, Allison, and Penny immediately fell silent at the sight

squinting her eyes

his head instinctively. “Why would we do that behind

Allison replied nervously. “No one’s talking about you, and even if we were, it’s only good

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

“Penny?”

she heard Jessa’s voice. As Jessa’s skeptical gaze

telling the truth?” Jessa asked with a