Chapter 554: Aren't they your siblings?

Even when the event resumed, many guests couldn't help but glance at the Bennet and Zoren table. The Bennets and Zoren were mostly focused on the event, but occasionally, they would talk to each other, smiling or laughing at whatever was said at their table.

Dean stood still in the same spot where Atlas had left him. His eyes were fixed on a particular table where his uncle and the Bennets were seated.

'Penny...' His jaw tightened, his attention solely on her and a little on Zoren. 'I told her many times to stay out.'

But despite all his warnings, all Penny had done was the opposite.

Earlier, when Dean arrived, all the attention had been on him. But the moment Zoren stepped in, no one even cast him another look. Not that Dean cared much about the lack of attention he was receiving; he never cared whose attention he garnered, for it was all unnecessary and unwelcome. He didn't even care that others didn't pay him any mind at this event.

Dean didn't care about any of that.

All he cared about was...

His hand trembled as he clenched his fist, watching Penny smile at something Zoren had said to her. Penny and Zoren didn't appear clingy, nor did they look like lovers. But Dean knew his uncle well, and he recognized that the way Zoren was talking to her indicated a man's interest.

'He's interested in her.' And that was very clear. 'And she... she's indulging him.'

really interested

his tongue across his inner cheek, scoffing at the sight unfolding before him. A glint flickered in his eyes; he was not pleased with what he saw or how

thought. 'But I stuck around because... of her. I can't

in the past or done for her came from an insincere heart. She knew he was trying to play with her from the

His plan to be the good friend she could rely on and trust slowly morphed into something else. He found himself seeking a deeper, more meaningful relationship—one where she

again. It was fine before because I knew there was no competition. Even if there were,

in the picture, now in her life, he knew the chances of Zoren taking her away from him were sky-high. If Dean didn't do something, he knew he would

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in the same event

a look, tilting his head with a slightly dejected

a smile. "I didn't know either. I mean, I was with Penny

tell you even when you told her you were coming?" He furrowed his brows, frowning. "Doesn't she

probably didn't tell me because she didn't plan on coming. Or

paused and cast Finn a look. "Her brain is always too busy processing other information, but I'm

is that?"

shrugged. "Maybe because if she had, what happened just now would have been less interesting. Penny can be quite scary, you know? I'm surprised that Mr. Ito and Sven were able to leave this

not in what you've seen, But after this, Sven Bennet would have been terminated from his position. Asking him to

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