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.

What did she do to you? Did she punch you in the face? Kick you,

deep huff. Instead of shock, Atlas furrowed his

"That's all?"

you mean,

his face, but to me, she...' He closed his eyes and sucked air through gritted teeth, trying not to touch that abominable memory that

that I got stomped on?" Hugo's

but Atlas wasn't one to care much about that. "How did you get

was Hugo who didn't respond.

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

his eyes. When he snapped his eyes open again, he held

a syringe! On the

bit, causing others in the emergency

sedated her?"

no choice. If I didn't, things would have

him goodnight just

shot, her eyes closed, and she seemed to nod off while sitting up. Hugo only meant to tease her awake, so he

suddenly grab his finger

danger the moment he locked eyes with her. "Good thing I am trained enough. Otherwise, I

However, he would never hurt Penny, even if she came at him with a butcher knife.

it around in case

as he listened to Hugo's mumbling. "Anyway, Hugo, did anything else happen last

"Well, nothing much."

"Did she say anything?"

staring at

made Atlas suspicious. "Are you sure it's

would tell you if there were anything, but she's like a killing machine-how

it when she got drunk with

"Don't ask." Atlas's expression

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questioning; you do the answering After all, you were the one who looked for

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