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

373 Romance to action to horror

Penny didn't know where she was dragging Zoren, and he also wasn't sure why she was running. So, he asked. 1

"Why are you so scared?" he asked, trying to match her pace while ensuring his hold on her hand

was secure.

Penny huffed as she looked back. "I snuck out.

"Huh?"

"He told me to sleep, but I ran away!" she exclaimed, catching sight of some light from the end of the street behind them. "Shit! He's going to see us!"

A surge of panic swelled in her chest, knowing she had angered Atlas tonight. Looking ahead, her eyes trembled as she searched for a place they could hide. If it was just her, she knew she could hide anywhere. But there were four of them now: Penny, Zoren, Chunchun, and Renny!

She and Chunchun could hide easily, but with a tall man like Zoren and a big cat like Renny, they needed more cover.

"Over there!" she exclaimed, picking up her pace and squeezing his hand. Penny sprinted faster, and for Zoren, who lacked this kind of exercise, it was overwhelming. Even so, he silently matched her pace.

With one swift pull from her, they jumped into the free landscape of the neighborhood. Both Penny and Zoren crashed through the bushes, landing on the ground quite violently. Renny swiftly jumped over the bush and looked at his parents, while Chunchun landed quietly without making a noise.

Both Chunchun and Renny watched their parents grunt on the ground. They tilted their heads, wondering if their parents were too old to play.

she saw Renny standing and

of its size, its head was still

when he noticed the dilemma.

as the command left his tongue, Renny suddenly fell over to his side. Penny's clenched teeth fell open, thinking her big baby looked like a toy that had just toppled over. Even so, that solved the immediate issue. Penny turned to Zoren and immediately felt sorry for him. "Hey," she called

used to it, but

her shoulder a bit and nodded. "Mhm. I'm

on their backs on the ground and closed their eyes. They hadn't realized they had been running for quite some

Romance to action to

they took a moment to catch their breaths and recover

this has just turned into an action film instead of a family-oriented one," he murmured between deep breaths. Unlike Penny, Zoren's complexion quickly paled.

before when he had recovered for a brief time this wouldn't have been a problem. After all, Zoren used to follow a strict exercise routine to keep his body strong and

raised her hand to place it on her chest, he

raised her brows and snapped her eyes to

he muttered as he closed his

her face was hovering over his. Sensing her presence close, he slowly opened

softly, raising his hand to

well. Her breath hitched for a second, and she raised her head from Zoren to the two figures who

look in the direction she was staring. He didn't need better eyesight to know someone was

go," he whispered. "Or we might get caught

"Yes, we should," she whispered, only to see that one of the men had overpowered the other. The moment Penny saw the first guy sitting on top of the other, her face went

that Penny wasn't moving. She was ust watching the guy get beaten up. Or was it the one doing the beating that she was watching motionlessly? Either way, Zoren didn't want the two of them to get caught up in this, not because he was afraid, but because he worried that Renny might attack