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

Chapter 721: What kind of brother are you?

"Mom, please, I can explain! Don't kill me!"

"Mom!!! Ah, shit damn it!"

Atlas smacked his lips and raised his eyebrows, pulling his phone away from his ear to check it. "Guess I called a little late," he murmured, thinking his day had been so busy he nearly forgot to tell Yugi about his car.

"Well." Atlas ended the call, giving Yugi and his family a bit of privacy. "I'm sure Aunt Jessa is just exercising some tough love. He'll live."

If only Yugi could hear Atlas's optimism-he might not have thanked him so quickly for delivering his car. Of course, Jessa wouldn't actually kill her son, but anyone who'd experienced her "tough love" knew just how severe that could be.

Atlas shrugged, slipped his phone into a drawer, and fixed his gaze on his computer. Taking a shallow breath, he refocused on the last task of his day.

"Please..." he whispered, reaching for the computer mouse, "... give me something."

He pressed play, reviewing the dashcam footage, hoping it would reveal something useful-maybe even someone who could help uncover the identity of whoever was behind the attempted murder in his territory.

"Gosh..." Yugi grumbled from the couch, hiding next to his father. He lifted his feet slightly when Jessa's eyes locked onto his. "Dad, Mom's gonna kill me."

Lester, Yugi's father, cast his son a sideways look and sighed. "That's what you get for avoiding your family, you know? I'm sorry, son. Even if I wanted to take your side, you've left me no choice."

"But, Dad-"

the other and folding her arms across her chest, glaring daggers

she drove his flashy sports car, he finally surrendered, laying down on the road as though ready for her to run him over. Of course,

by the ear up to

son," Jessa laughed, her tone mocking. "Living such a fancy life and forgetting

choked up when he caught the glint

bangs covering her forehead, lending her a gentle look. But the expression in her eyes conveyed only disappointment in her brother's actions. "Yuri, did you come just to pour gasoline on the fire?" Yugi gasped. "I always kept in touch with you,

the only one who's busy? How can you make me mediate

"But you said "

retorted. "Mom, look at him. He's

He could feel the tension building in his neck,

gifts from his travels, yet she ignored him and, in his mind, she even poisoned their mother's opinions of him. Yuri wasn't sending the

you should not listen to what your daughter's saying!" Yugi exclaimed. "She's

he learned enough with

and stuck her tongue out. "Do you really think she's poisoning me? Wow... now I'm even angrier. My son thinks buying us gifts

son. "Yugi, what are

his teeth, glaring at Yuri, then looked to his father for support. Yet he knew his father wouldn't

a wail, sliding to the floor and raising his hands. "Mom, please forgive me! I was just scared, okay? And Penny has been working me

peek to see if his mom was softening. When she remained unfazed, he pushed out whatever tears he could muster to convince

to Penny. Since she would probably throw him under the bus to avoid Jessa's scolding,

that crying? You don't just shed one tear from one eye - my god! Go to Julliard for some