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."

actually

it..." Hugo's expression darkened. "Did

said.

squinted suspiciously. "So,

him. Even with a vision problem, he could tell it was getting darker much faster. "No, I did not wait for her... not like that. Please don't

"Oh?"

all my life. However, dating her is different," Zoren explained, not wanting this misunderstanding to escalate.

rocked his head, studying Zoren's expression suspiciously. "Are

"Yes."

don't buy it," he replied almost immediately. "But I'm giving

faint sigh of relief,

sister's husband, I don't like Ray," Hugo clarified. "That

"He is insufferable."

his mind, he pictured Penny as a pitiful stuffed princess in distress. "She went

sort of known that story. However, he didn't know the

She almost died because

Hugo and studied the man's mood. After a while, he

school. Never once did she tell me she was having a hard time,' Zoren thought, frowning. 'I had no clue my own

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

who had endured so

visit next time," Zoren muttered, making Hugo turn his head toward

nodded. "I'm coming with

Unbeknownst to them, Ray, currently sick with fever but still working himself to the bone, was

and Hugo fell silent. They barely spoke

Hugo said as they entered the gates of the residence, "Is she cooking