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

Chapter 454: Her most dangerous poison

Meanwhile...

"Why, you—" Atlas glared daggers at Penny, who was seated in the passenger seat. Penny lowered her head, looking at her brother like a pitiful child afraid of getting smacked.

Atlas took a deep breath and calmed himself, gazing at the photo on his phone. Since Penny hadn't brought anything with her last night, she had to use his phone to get a copy of her marriage license. If she hadn't, Atlas would have gone to the Civil Bureau himself. Well, they were already in front of it.

"Why..." he breathed out, running his tongue along his inner cheek as he stared at the copy of the certificate on his phone. Slowly, he cast her a look of disbelief again. "Why didn't you tell me about this when you got married?"

Penny pouted. "I didn't know, okay?! I was just as shocked as you are right now! To make matters worse, I didn't get my money back from the guy who was supposed to marry me! Do you think I'd spend that much money if I knew?!"

"You—" Atlas stopped, feeling his neck tighten. He clasped his nape, tilting his head back as he tried to keep his temper in check. His sister was giving him an early onset of hypertension at this point.

How could she have gotten married?!

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath to calm himself. It wasn't as though he didn't understand how she ended up married. At least Zoren had the decency to explain the situation, unlike this troublemaker of a little sister.

Penny pressed her lips together, hoping her brother had calmed down a bit. But when he reopened his eyes, she flinched as he cast her another deadly glare.

"You..." Atlas hissed, at a loss for words. "You really are going to be the death of me."

"First Brother-"

call me that right now." Atlas pointed a finger at her, wishing he had learned how to discipline his younger siblings. It would be easy

leaned back in the driver's seat with his hands resting on the

him?' she thought. 'Why would he tell him about

that she was upset with Zoren. If anything, she was secretly relieved that someone from her family knew about the marriage. After all, she hadn't even told Hugo about it, despite having a chance when Hugo went with her after her date with

sigh as he recalled

and

been chatting about Penny, with Atlas mostly listing her bad traits. Not that he was trying to turn Zoren off, but if that happened, it would save both Zoren

the conversation shifted

troublesome drunk, so it's best that you don't offer her any alcoholic beverages-ever," Atlas said again. "I'm telling you this because you two have been meeting a

throws my way is fine. I can handle it for

Atlas furrowed his brows, sensing an unusual nervousness creeping into

you this, but Penny mentioned something

cheating on her fake husband. Although it was a marriage of convenience bound by a legitimate contract, it was still legally valid. "About that," Atlas cleared his throat, ready to defend his sister and

"We're married."

as if he hadn't heard correctly

his lips thin before repeating,

unsure how to react. It didn't make sense to

didn't know about it until not long ago - before we started dating," Zoren clarified. "Penny also didn't know about it until the day of