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

Chapter 569: She's going to kill him!

Hugo gazed at the other side of the backseat, tilting his head. His expression was calm as he assessed the neutral look on Zoren's face.

"Are you that excited to go home?" he asked, prompting Zoren to look back at him.

Zoren blinked innocently, wondering if it was that obvious. Little did he know that anyone looking at him would not think he was giddy to go home. His expression was stoic, but Hugo seemed to see through him.

"Heh." Hugo snickered proudly. "It's not that obvious, but you're glowing. Normally, whenever you're headed somewhere, you always focus on something else. But now, you're looking out the window-straight ahead, rather."

The corner of Zoren's lips curled up. "No wonder you've reached your rank at such a young age."

"I'm your second brother," Hugo reminded him. "Even if you're... older."

An awkward silence settled between them as soon as Hugo mentioned that. After

a minute, the two of them nodded at each other.

"Let's not go over there," Hugo suggested, and Zoren nodded in agreement.

"You're the second brother," Zoren added. "It's better that way. Age doesn't matter."

"That's right." Hugo nodded back. "It's a good thing First Brother is still older... isn't he?"

The two of them stared at each other for a moment, hesitant to even mention Zoren's and Atlas's birth month.

"I'd like to think he's older," Zoren said after a beat.

"You're right. Let's just assume."

talk about age anymore. Not that it actually mattered, but it would've been nice if Penny's husband were around

I think about it..." Hugo's expression darkened. "Did

not Ray," Zoren said. "I would never

squinted suspiciously. "So,

fell silent, sensing the growing darkness around him. Even with a vision problem, he could tell it was getting darker much

"Oh?"

Our friendship is something I treasure with all my life. However, dating her is different," Zoren explained, not wanting this misunderstanding to escalate. "I pursued her as Penelope Bennet,

Hugo rocked his head, studying Zoren's expression

"Yes."

"But I'm

faint sigh of

husband, I

"He is insufferable."

pursued my sister when she was thirteen, and because of his ignorant actions, my sister became a target for those crazy girls." Hugo shook his head. In his mind, he pictured Penny as a pitiful

didn't know the part where Penny was targeted as

"Yes. She almost

After a while, he peeled his eyes away and turned to

her every Thursday, and she always comes after school. Never once did she tell me she was having a hard time,' Zoren thought, frowning. 'I had no clue my own cousin was causing

Penny, they felt a sense of anger and appreciation for her. They were angry that she had to "go through" what she had endured at the hands of that despicable Ray. At the same time, they appreciated how brave

as a pitiful, vulnerable girl who had endured so much because of a senseless

should pay him a visit next time," Zoren

nodded. "I'm

them exchanged glances, a despicable plan forming in their heads. Unbeknownst to them, Ray, currently sick with fever but still working himself to the bone, was

in mind, Zoren and Hugo fell silent. They barely spoke for a while, and before they knew it,

the way," Hugo said as they entered the gates of the residence,