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

Chapter 438: What seems to be the problem, my love?

"Die!" Penny froze when she felt a cold hand clamp down on hers, stopping her. Her right brow arched as she glanced over her shoulder. "Tss."

A hiss escaped her, clearly displeased by the interruption. A deadly glint flickered

in her eyes as she focused back on the man beneath her. Penny didn't say a word, simply staring at Nathaniel.

Nathaniel, on the other hand, whimpered under her gaze. He could feel that despite being stopped, she had already butchered him a thousand times in her mind. He looked at the man standing behind Penny, gripping her arm.

"Boss..." Nathaniel whimpered, "... I think she came to kill me. Please help."

"Sir" one of Zoren's bodyguards began to speak but stopped when Mark whistled. Turning to their captain, they saw Mark shaking his head. No one dared to go against his order and remained on standby.

If Mark had signaled not to interfere, they wouldn't. After all, if anyone would take a bullet or sacrifice a limb for Zoren, it would be Mark.

Penny laughed wickedly. "Boss?" she hissed, assuming the man holding her was Nathaniel's boss. "Very well."

With that, Penny tried to pull her arm free from Zoren's grip. However, he didn't budge. She wasn't truly trying to free herself, but testing his strength. Now that she had a better sense of it, she knew what to do.

darkening. Her devilish demeanor made Nathaniel squint and whimper quietly. When her eyes gleamed

jump was high, her knees bent as she spun mid-air. Despite the strain on her

though it seemed like Penny was out of control. He

saw was red, and her anger demanded to be unleashed. However, as she repositioned herself upon

his countermovement to her advantage. As her back hit his chest, she maneuvered the knife toward his neck. But Zoren, predicting her move, pushed her elbow away with the bottom of

front. He had one of her hands behind her while holding the other one that was still gripping the butcher's knife. Zoren couldn't stop her movements entirely, so he twisted her hand so the blunt

was as though Zoren could read her mind, anticipating her moves before she even made them. The only thing slowing him down was his

when she felt his hot breath against the shell

"Penelope... Pierson," he whispered. "What seems

by how attractive he sounded, his deep and coarse voice sending shivers down

dangerous. His eyes glinted as they shifted to

not only Penny wanted him dead, but Zoren as

With her temper calming, Zoren released her. As

No one cared about Nathaniel, who

going

Penny, they saw the corners of her lips stretching into a wide grin. Her face brightened as

herself at Zoren.

motionless, allowing her to embrace him. Much to his surprise, she wasn't merely intending to hug him. She wrapped her arms around his