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

Chapter 839: I suppose keeping them around isn’t all that bad.

Chapter 839: I suppose keeping them around isn't all that bad.

One of the letters Penny received from her in-laws was an invitation for lunch. Initially, she planned to ignore it. However, she changed her mind when she remembered who had sent it.

Ashley Pierson.

Ashley Pierson was the only person in the kitchen during the family gathering who didn't show the slightest interest in joining the Pierson family festivities. She was also the one who wasn't well-liked among the newer members of the family, yet, at the same time, she was the second-in-command whenever Mildred wasn't around.

She intrigued Penny, but when Penny asked Zoren about her, he simply shrugged. Zoren said she was just another member of the Pierson family. Not that Zoren didn't know his relatives, but he barely focused on those who weren't part of the power play or could offer significant support to the primary branches of the family.

So Penny agreed. Ashley was harmless.

'I agreed to meet her... not them,' Penny thought, frowning deeply and

narrowing her eyes at the people sitting at the wide round table in the mansion's garden.

"Hehe, Penny, did you like the gift I sent you?" asked a young woman sitting closer to Penny. "That gift was a family heirloom passed down for generations. It's said to bring good luck and fortune."

Penny turned to the young woman, a member of her group from the kitchen during the family gathering. 'What's her name again?' Penny wondered, narrowing her eyes as she recalled the long list of names from the Pierson Family registry.

'There's a few people who married into the Pierson Family around the same time she got into the family,' she thought with a deep sigh. 'I should just ask, but I feel like she would start bawling her eyes once I did.'

about my gift?" a man chimed in, rubbing his hands together as he moved closer. "My wife and I spent an entire day choosing a gift we thought you might like. We even

Penny, beaming. "We bought it at an auction, and the moment we saw it,

the man. 'This... is the guy who lied to his mother

"You seem well," she remarked -he didn't look as distressed as he had appeared that night at the

for how I acted, and to show you our sincerity, I'm sending you a valuable present that I hope you'll like,"

'The depressed

kept her lips tightly sealed, scanning the people around the table. They were all from her small kitchen team, the ones she didn't expect to see today. It wasn't like Ashley had arranged this; she seemed a little surprised too when the people started arriving. That's why

they're distant relatives, they shouldn't be underestimated,'

of them yet," she replied kindly, though the truth

them smiled in satisfaction, sighing in relief at

here," Penny said. "Ashley seemed a little surprised

the three of them laughed awkwardly, recalling what had happened before they

arrived

a few minutes between

to be allowed to meet with Penny. As they squashed down the memory,

you'd be meeting with Ashley," the young woman explained.

hoping we

right," the man who had lied to his mother nodded vigorously. "We're just glad that Ashley is kind enough to let us

you for letting us join

lips together, her eyes scanning their faces. She leaned back, about to speak, when she noticed Ashley approaching