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

Chapter 719: Dinner a la Penny

"Tada~!" Penny stood at the end of the long dining table, grinning happily as she looked at everyone gathered. "Dinner à la Penny! Enjoy, everyone~!"

The guests seated around the table exchanged puzzled glances before looking from the excited Penny to Zoren at the table's head. When Zoren had come home, they had all received an invitation to join him and Penny for dinner — a surprising gesture, given Zoren's usual reluctance to share anything Penny prepared.

Everyone knew how possessive Zoren could be over Penny. Be it her cooking or anything, he wouldn't share. It was no secret that Zoren even didn't want to share her name with his own grandmother until Old Mrs Pierson told him she wanted to look for Penny.

In other words, if she made dinner for him, he typically wouldn't share it with anyone outside her immediate family. But from what they'd heard, the invitation had come from Zoren himself, which only deepened their suspicions.

"Wow..." Benjamin, seated closest to Zoren and across from Slater, took in the spread before him. He grinned, looking up at Penny with admiration. "Miss Penny, did you make all of this?"

Penny placed her fists on her hips and nodded proudly. "I promised my husband I'd make him dinner. With the successful board meeting the other day and the family meeting tomorrow, it's more of a celebration!"

She added arrogantly, "You guys should be grateful my husband is willing to share this with all of you! But he's right — you deserve a treat."

"A treat?" Mark murmured to himself, growing more suspicious. He glanced over at Angel, looking for answers since Zoren's flat smile gave away nothing.

The second Mark saw the horrified expression on Angel's face, his heart thudded. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Angel, what am I supposed to expect?" he whispered, elbowing Angel, who was seated beside him.

Slowly, Angel turned to face him. "Mark, is your boss this cruel?"

"What?"

to take everyone down with him if he's going

only confused Mark more. Initially, he'd suspected this dinner was a trap laid by Zoren to show off his magnanimity in front of Penny. Mark wasn't the only one with this theory; several others around the table shared his guess- everyone except, perhaps, Benjamin

by the look of it, he'd been

Surprisingly, each dish looked delicious, as if Penny had taken culinary classes before. The presentation

blinked, looking

dragged into this dinner for reasons unknown, having only been told by Zoren to join them. His last meal

of welcoming me into the family?' Nathaniel thought, trying

watching as Zoren picked up his cutlery. Out of respect, they waited for him to take the first bite, all holding their

awaited his feedback. After he swallowed, the corner of

this dinner, Penny," he said.

should eat too! Enjoy everything-there's plenty more in

too~!" Slater chimed, preparing to eat but wanting to

before calling out louder

savor every bite. You're amazing and

casting Benjamin a look. 'Is he competing with

grinned, sneaking

'Ahh... this guy... hah!'

magnanimously, placing a hand over her chest. "Seeing you all enjoy my dishes is

in!"

only

they started chewing, both

Benjamin's face stiffened

Penny blinked innocently, tilting

Penny's brows knitted in concern. Meanwhile, Benjamin's face flushed as he struggled to