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

Chapter 598: This is not my first life.

As promised, Penny explained everything to Benjamin from start to finish. One of the most annoying things about telling a story to a busybody was that they wanted full details of everything. So, even during dinner, Benjamin joined Penny and Zoren to get the entire story.

"Oh..." Benjamin's lips formed an O-shape as he nodded in understanding. "So that's what happened, huh?"

Penny and Zoren glanced at each other and sighed, then turned their eyes back to Benjamin.

Benjamin furrowed his brows and cast the couple a look. "So, all this time, sir, you knew...?" His breath hitched as he processed this realization. His eyes widened instantly as Zoren shrugged.

'So, all this time, he knew I was lying to him?!' Benjamin's complexion turned pale, and his eyes dimmed. After a beat, his face crumpled with remorse, and the corners of his eyes turned red. "Sir! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it! I swear I didn't want to do it! Miss Penny made me do it!"

As expected from Benjamin, after listening to everything, the first thing he did was apologize. He was almost crying, which made Zoren and Penny smile subtly. Surely, he was like Zoren's child.

"This feels like a trial run," she murmured, casting Zoren a complicated look.

Zoren flashed her a gentle smile. "It's not that bad."

"..." Her face contorted, wanting to ask if he was even sure about that. But Penny kept her thoughts to herself. 'We haven't discussed this, and I'm still not ready for it. I mean... how did Mom and Dad do it?'

It wasn't like she didn't have any idea that parenting was hard, but this free trial expanded her horizons.

The entire dinner was spent coaxing Benjamin, reassuring him that everything was fine. Just when the couple thought it would end there, Benjamin managed to turn the tables, first by bringing up how Zoren kept sending him away to run errands all across Anteca to keep him at bay, and how Penny hadn't considered him an ally.

Fortunately, the saying "there's always a start and an end" proved true. No matter how long the discussion was, it still ended.

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body in the bathtub, leaning her back against the curve. She tilted her head back and closed her eyes, resting for

breath slipped past her lips as she opened her eyes slowly. "Goodness. I don't know what to

it this lingering headache? Or the heaviness in her body,

leaning against the entrance of the bathroom, wearing

you?" he asked, peeling himself away from the doorframe and walking toward her. Zoren casually sat down on the rim of the tub, his eyes on

thin line. "It's strange," she confessed, watching his brows rise curiously.

as he recounted the events that had occurred the night

"I left?"

"Mhm."

"Where did I go?"

called and told us you

did I

"You came back."

"Oh."

a smile. "I presumed you saw the letter she

it was

saying you were a busybody and that you'd find

upon hearing her husband's remarks. Although

was repeating were her own, they didn't sound pleasant. Even so, that

you have questions?" she asked in a

"A lot."

explained this all to him last night before having wine, However, she thought it would be a waste of time to explain before her alter

she lifted her hand from the water and reached out