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

361 A little help here?

From what Penny knew, Hugo's reason for this grand bachelor party was to keep her from attending Ray's oath-taking. Her brother made an effort and even took money out of his own pocket just to make things go his way.

So, in a way, Penny was disheartened to see the very guy her brother wanted her to avoid.

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The rest of her thoughts disappeared upon hearing such a ridiculous opening. "Ray?"

Just as she remembered him, Ray still had a small portion of his white natural hair on the side. It was brushed neatly along with his black hair. He was wearing thin-framed glasses, which quite suited his small face. He was taller than she remembered, but still petite. Apart from that, Penny noticed the formal wear he was donning.

'Don't tell me he came here after his oath-taking ceremony?' she wondered, but deep in her heart, she had a guess.

"Penny, oh, my-! You are as beautiful as I remember, and so is our love!" he expressed poetically, holding the box with a ring in it between his fingers. "Penny, I've waited this long for you, and there wasn't a single day or even a second in the past twelve years that I haven't thought of

you."

He paused, batting his eyelashes ever so tenderly. "Penelope Bennet, will you marry me?"

"No," she answered without batting an eye. "I don't want to marry you"

"Are you sure?"

She deadpanned. "Two hundred percent no, a thousand percent sure."

"Aww..." Ray smiled wearily before he gasped. "Why not!?"

give me that strong of a drink that I am now having a nightmare with my eyes open? Because as far as I can remember, I was enjoying my drink before, and then suddenly, a buffoon approached me asking for my hand in

bartender chuckled nervously, leaning forward a little. "The buffoon

""Darn it!"

Ray frowned and leaned against the counter. "I missed you,

a sidelong glance. "And I

like this, wasn't she? Meanwhile, Penny watched

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ago. TWELVE YEARS! How could he still

is something.' She shook her head, feeling a tiny sense of dread creep up her spine. 'Slater, Benjamin... oh god. Why is this list

Penny wouldn't mind Slater's habit of bombarding her with messages, as if he had nothing else to do but brag about his

more time telling his boss on her than giving her a proper, important update. Just thinking that Ray was trying to make a comeback in her

years, I waited for you, and this is how you treat me in the three minutes of our reunion!" he dramatically sighed. "I even

and on with his nonsense. "Ray," she called. "Did you do a background

his drama temporarily. "Why would I do

strange, she shrugged. "For

tilted his head, blinking. "Nothing's changed. Still cute and pretty as

second. Why would she believe it? It didn't even look like he believed in his own reasoning. However, she did believe him when he said he didn't run a background check on her. "Was it Yuri?" she guessed, knowing Yuri was now working at

know you're here!" he denied, watching her raise a brow. "Do you think. Yuri would tell on you like

tonight. Though, I think

before their time

to have a boss like you? I better call her so she knows that the headmaster went through

that! I saw your picture together accidentally!" he explained in a hurry.

you went through the headmaster's stuff to

my grandpa's stuff, and now, they're my stuff. So, I basically went through my stuff just