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

Chapter 700

Chapter 700: Everything

"So, in a way... that guy and what happened to me... is technically your fault?"

A moment of silence enveloped the ward as none of the three-Zoren, Penny, and Hugo-spoke another word. They looked at each other, with Penny mulling over her second brother's remarks.

"Technically, you shouldn't be there, you know?" she replied after a minute, and all Hugo could think was, 'There she goes again.'

It was no secret that Penny had a bad habit of saving her own skin before considering others. It wasn't that she didn't know how to take accountability, but there were times when she would argue against it.

"Never mind that. It's not important," Hugo waved dismissively. "What's important is what I think we all know."

Those people Charles was talking about were still lingering in the shadows.

Zoren and Penny nodded in understanding, letting the silence settle for a moment. They looked at each other before Hugo asked, "What are we going to do with this?"

"This happened the reason I was in that bar in the first place is because of Allen. I'm helping First Brother investigate what happened to him. He believed that Allen must have found out something, which is why he ended up like that."

"So," Hugo continued, darting his gaze between the two, "what now?" freewebnovel.com

Zoren pressed his lips into a thin line, shifting his gaze to Penny as he waited for her decision. He knew this was something Penny should decide on.

'Finn, Allen... are they connected?' Penny squinted, reminded of Jonathan's presence during her execution. 'What is his connection to the people who were after Dad?'

happened to

Hugo interjected, his brows

eyes up at Hugo, only to realize he hadn't heard about what happened to Finn. Nina had only called Penny that night, and before she could tell anyone about what

before this

him, right?" Hugo shrugged. "That guy's a psycho. He had it

"Second Brother, I think you

"And why is that?"

ally we wouldn't have

eyebrow, a bit

consider him as

her

dher

say they knew something they shouldn't have, or perhaps they came too close to whatever information the people who did this didn't want anyone

just say that's the case," Hugo nodded. "The question is, what is it? What did these guys know

going to find out..." Penny slowly turned her head toward the partition, prompting Hugo and Zoren to look in the same

out. "I'll look after this guy," he volunteered. "I'm sure things are different on his side, considering that even his people didn't seem to put up a

look after Atlas," Zoren proposed. "I already

looked at

sure First Brother has already assigned people to watch over his assistant," Zoren explained in a knowing tone. "But I'm afraid that by doing so, First Brother is leaving himself

little vulnerable," she reminded him, though she didn't disapprove.

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