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

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 in

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

approached her because I know he's important to him,' he thought. 'But I

came from an insincere heart. She knew he was trying to play with her from the start, and he wouldn't deny

with her and watching her do what she does, Dean found himself falling. 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 wouldn't just see him as an elder brother or a trusted

was fine before, but now...' His thoughts trailed off as he huffed. 'She's right again. It was fine before because I knew there was no competition. Even

Zoren now 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 end up watching another man whisk away the only woman

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the same event

cast Nina a look, tilting his head with

mean, I was with Penny earlier, but she didn't tell

when you told her you were coming?" He furrowed his brows, frowning.

table. "Penny probably didn't tell me because she didn't plan on coming. Or even if she did, she was too

brain is always too busy processing other information, but I'm still glad she didn't

is that?"

Penny can be quite scary, you know? I'm surprised that Mr. Ito

corrected in a calm tone. "Nothing happened to them tonight at least not in what you've seen, But after this, Sven Bennet would have been terminated from his position. Asking him to resign