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

Chapter 413

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Chapter 413: Out of spite

Penny huffed as she dropped her hand from her chest, putting on a fierce front upon realizing the person was just Dean.

"What are you doing here?" she asked in an unfriendly tone. "Stalking me again?"

Dean assessed her expression, hands shoved in his pockets. "Are you meeting my uncle?"

"Hmm?"

"Penny." He took a step closer. "Are you meeting my uncle?"

Penny narrowed her eyes at him, noticing the countless unspoken sentiments swirling in his gaze. "Yes," she answered without hesitation. "And so what if I am?"

"That's not what I'm asking," he clarified. "I'm not asking if you're meeting him as a client."

'And my answer isn't for that question either,' Penny wanted to say that. However, Dean was still at the top of her suspect list, right behind Patricia.

Although she had connected Nathaniel by pulling the strings, she was almost certain he was acting under someone else's orders. After all, selling information was Nathaniel's business, and he was likely doing someone's bidding.

Who it was, Penny was still unsure. However, Dean was definitely on that list of suspects.

man?" Dean stressed, his voice laced with eagerness and desperation. "Is something going on between

she replied. "I'm meeting

shoulders relaxed. He took her words as something

once. However, it seems the longer we've known each other, the bolder

"I'm just asking."

interrogating me, like a cop to a suspect," she corrected. "What makes you think you have the right to question whether I'm

arching a brow. "Do you still believe

I'm just making sure you're not taking the high

and throwing questions at

The corner of his lips curled

"And whose is it?"

batting his eyelashes ever so

Penny raised a brow, a little taken aback. 'I didn't expect him to say that. I

smart, Penny,"

like complicated situations. Zoren Pierson is the epitome of complicated, Penny. I came here not because I

and everyone's against him. Has it ever crossed your mind why everyone in the family, except Grandma, is fighting him? Just think about it, Penny. I'm not going to say more, but just think about it.

well, and congratulations on your successful start with

step back, his gaze lingering on her longer than

two steps, he

don't need to think about it, Dean," she uttered coldly, watching him look back at her. Dean frowned as their

Zoren Pierson

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