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.

did she do to you? Did she punch you in the

deep huff.

"That's all?"

do you mean, that's

his eyes and sucked air through gritted teeth, trying not to touch that abominable memory that lived rent-free

I got stomped on?" Hugo's frown deepened.

but Atlas wasn't

didn't respond. With this, Atlas arched

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

closed his eyes. When he snapped his eyes open again, he held Atlas's gaze.

syringe! On

His voice rose a bit, causing others in the emergency room to look over.

her?"

If I didn't, things would have been bad... for

slipped past Hugo's nostrils. Last night, Penny had been telling him goodnight just after two shots of

But before she could even drink her third shot, her eyes closed, and she seemed to nod off while sitting up. Hugo only meant

suddenly grab

night,' thought Hugo as he sensed danger the moment he locked eyes with her. "Good thing I am trained enough. Otherwise, I would've gotten

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

raised brow. "Fine, I was carrying it around in case I needed it.

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

"Well, nothing much."

"Did she say anything?"

tune, staring at

Atlas suspicious. "Are you sure it's

were anything, but she's like a killing machine-how

she got drunk

"Don't ask." Atlas's expression

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

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