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

Chapter 491: Curiosity killed the cat

Meanwhile, in the emergency ward...

"Ugh..."

Seated on the stool, Atlas stared blankly at his second brother, who was sitting on the side of the bed, enduring the bruise on his cheek. The corner of Hugo's mouth still had dried blood, indicating a deep cut.

This was what Atlas had to lie about.

Atlas canceled all his appointments, and his assistant, Allen, was efficient enough to handle the workload. Persuading people was Allen's best asset. Moreover, nothing was more important than Atlas's family.

In other words, no meeting or work would make Atlas attend with this family situation at hand.

Atlas had to lie about all of that for this guy.

"So?" Holding his arms firmly across his body, Atlas shook his foot as his leg rested over the other. "Are you going to explain what happened to you? And why you ended up here?"

Hugo, wincing, paused and snapped his exhausted eyes at his older brother. "I didn't end up here. I slept here."

"Oh, wonderful!"

"First Brother-ouch." Hugo clicked his tongue, peeling his finger from the corner of his mouth. "Why didn't you tell me Penny is like that?" freewebnovel.com

Atlas tilted his head slightly. "Like what?"

"Like... that!" Hugo stressed, struggling to find the right words to describe his little sister in her drunken state. "Did you know what she did to me last night?"

"No."

"First Brother, why are you so calm?"

"Because I told you beforehand that she's not herself when she's drunk," Atlas reminded him in a matter-of-fact tone. "But instead of listening to me, you snuck a drink into her hospital room when she should have been resting. Look what you got."

Hugo winced in frustration, ruffling his hair as he hissed.

do to you? Did she punch you

on me," Hugo stressed with a deep huff. Instead of shock,

"That's all?"

do you mean, that's

stomped on his face, but to me, she...' He closed his eyes

why do you look so disappointed that I got stomped on?" Hugo's frown deepened. "She made me sober up

reaction to Hugo's sentiments upset the latter, but Atlas wasn't one to care much about that. "How did you get her to

it was Hugo who didn't respond. With this, Atlas arched a brow and

he came here first. "Hugo, tell me the truth so I can arrange your early admittance

slowly closed his eyes. When

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the emergency room to look over. Hugo offered them a kind and awkward smile before facing

her?"

things would have been bad...

been telling him goodnight just after two shots of vodka. He'd teased her about

Penny stayed up. But before she could even drink her third shot, her eyes closed, and she seemed to nod

would have thought she would suddenly grab

night,' thought Hugo as he sensed danger the moment he locked eyes with her. "Good thing I

In terms of strength, Hugo would win easily. However, he would never hurt Penny, even if she

a good thing there was one lying around," he muttered, sensing Atlas's raised brow. "Fine, I was carrying it around in case I needed it. There's no telling who

as he listened to Hugo's mumbling. "Anyway,

"Well, nothing much."

"Did she say anything?"

staring at Atlas before he suddenly

Atlas suspicious.

were anything, but she's like a

when she got

"Don't ask." Atlas's expression

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