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

359 Why did he even take me here?

"What is that dude doing here?"

"Tch. Did he come to ruin the mood again?"

"Ah, shit. Hugo, make me more depressed."

"Ginnie, continue what you were saying about how the rain was actually my mother's tears from disappointment."

One after another, the men, who had been seated obediently while listening to Hugo and Ginnie's belittling, slowly rose from their seats. Penny slowly looked up, her mouth partially falling open. "Wow, I'm amazed at how Ginnie could talk down to them so easily, Penny thought. "These guys... they're titans. I thought they were already tall before, but did they gulp down all the growth vitamins?"

In the past, Ginnie wouldn't complete a sentence without stuttering or being nervous. But now, Penny agreed that her friend's mouth was poisonous. These men were truly unbelievably tall. Hugo looked slightly short standing among them.

But that wasn't important at the moment.

"Until now, their relationship with Max has never been mended,' she thought, shifting her eyes to the approaching Max. The captain smiled subtly, and unlike the rest of the team, he welcomed Max with open arms. 'But then again, how could they mend their relationship when Max... is the owner of another major league team."

Since Penny was into investing and accumulating her money, she had spread her wealth across different sorts of businesses. Therefore, it was inevitable for her to know that Max, the only heir of a software company, had bought a major league team a few years back. That team, apparently, was the one that always went head-to-head with this team.

"Max! I thought you wouldn't come!" the captain greeted happily, spreading his fingers and then clasping Max's hand. He pulled the man until their shoulders bumped against each other, patting each other's backs as if they were good friends.

"It's you who invited me here; Max said as he moved away from the captain. "How could I not

come?"

"Well, you make me sound like an important person. Haha!" The captain laughed, but his team. then interrupted him.

meaning of this?!" one of them

you wanted to mention before

you invited him here

"Hah! This is ridiculous.

did he

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them. Many of them knew Max, and they didn't have a good relationship with him. Moreover, Max owned another major league team. Therefore, having

quiet, but her face was serious. "Care to explain why he's here? I know this is your party, but the entire basketball team is here. If the higher-ups hear about this, they won't be happy." The captain looked at everyone and sighed. "Max is here as a friend of mine, just like the rest of you. I

Max."

always, he was very

sneer. "Isn't this the star player who chose to go to the military instead of using his skills and talents in

words rolled out of Max's mouth, the entire basketball team's faces turned grim. They took that as

smiled.

hips, "I chose to fight for the country so all my friends and family could live here peacefully. Haha! I'm

Max laughed dryly, shaking his head before moving his eyes over the team. He didn't care much about their sentiments; he came here for his good friend the only person who understood his dilemma. However,

met hers, he blinked. Penny also blinked, and when she

she

flinched because Max was already in front of her. He

you're involved with the wrong crowd, Miss. My name's Max, and you can always come to me for help. Please

"Clutch..."

as those words rolled off his tongue, Max felt someone clutch his shoulder from behind. Penny's face soured, slowly shifting her eyes to the person behind Max. Hugo's face was dark, invisible flames burning all over his body. "Max..." Hugo called under his breath. "... I advise you not to

captain timely stepped in, laughing nervously, knowing this was serious. "Halia. Come

a crime scene."

or talk to her, but he... how dare he... hold