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

Chapter 453: Mystery solved...?

"Penny, can I see your marriage license?"

Six words were all it took for Penny to know she was in deep trouble. Her nervous smile faltered, and after a heartbeat, she bolted to run away. But alas...

Atlas smirked, having anticipated this. He tightened his grip on the back of her collar, nearly choking her in the process.

Penny skidded, her feet moving forward while the upper part of her body was being left behind. "Ack!"

He pulled her back while taking a step forward, tilting his head slightly to the side, his eyes fixed on her. The proud look on his face was evident. After many times she snuck away right before his eyes, he would be a fool to not have anticipated one or ten things she would do.

"Can I?" he asked politely, smiling from ear to ear until his eyes looked like they were nearly slits.

Penny smiled helplessly at him.

Meanwhile, Zoren, seated in the backseat of the car, turned to the window.

"Sir, should we go?" Angel asked from the front passenger seat, glancing back at Zoren. "Miss Penny is still inside. She followed us."

Zoren smiled. "I know," he chuckled, amused that Penny's own best man was giving her away. But then again, right now, Angel's boss and priority was Zoren and not Penny. It was part of their code and contract. "Atlas Bennet caught her." freewebnovel.com

Zoren couldn't help but laugh as he thought about how they discovered Penny. It wasn't because they saw her at the restaurant. No, it was far more amusing than that. They found her out because when Zoren told Atlas that he had left Penny at his place, Atlas had confidently replied that Penny wouldn't stay home.

She was never the type to wait. Her patience was nonexistent.

the establishment and quickly spotted the suspicious individuals lurking around. Zoren didn't catch Atlas's reaction, but

peeling his eyes away from the window. "Let's head home. I've got to do some

and signaled the driver

that, they drove away from the restaurant and headed back

the previous night, before carrying Penny to bed. Thankfully, he had done so in advance,

one leg crossed over the other. He held a piece of

contacts. The marriage is real, but

was made days before the official date. All they had to do was trace those days to see if everything

And, surprisingly, it did.

at the hospital on the day of their marriage. Their official marriage date was

and later transferred to Anteca. It explained why he was in the country on their wedding

solved," Zoren chuckled. "How silly. All this time, I assumed it was an enemy

to his issues with the Pierson family, Zoren had plenty of other adversaries as head of the Phantom Circle. When he overheard Patricia and Nathaniel's conversation mentioning Penny, he immediately thought

was simply the result of Penny being drunk and

his head, smiling. "How silly, indeed," though he didn't hate it. In fact, it made

coffee table. "Sir, aside from tracking the days before the marriage, I also

why would you do

"While investigating how she

infiltrate your

was on the

explained. "I called our intel togather more information about her pursuers that night Confirming their identities was easy-they were high-profile gang

raised his brows, his interest

That's why they were after her. But after further investigation, I、 found out that the gang had already received an anonymous order to... get her. They're