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

Chapter 957: A first born agony

"Hehe. He was pretty upset about last night. He was in the car, by the way. And he's a little pissed, but he's okay now."

Theo and his father felt their hearts sink into the pit of their stomachs as they stared at Penny blankly.

Did she just say Zoren was at their house with her last night?

Both father and son slowly looked up, recalling what had happened the night before.

Last night, in the Miller Family home:

The family had gathered in the dining room. The only sounds they listened to were the clinking of cutlery against plates. Theo and his father looked exhausted as usual, with no trace of the previous confidence or arrogance they'd once carried. Mrs. Miller sat quietly, her face marked with irritation.

As Theo forked another cube of potato onto his plate, his eyes drifted to the empty chair at the table. "Where's Patricia again?"

"Your sister is old enough," Mrs. Miller replied sharply. "She said she's staying over at a friend's house."

"Friend?" Theo let out a mocking laugh. "She has friends?"

"Theo, enough with that now, son," Mister Miller warned sternly, though his tone was tinged with exhaustion. "Just let your sister be. She's already going through a lot."

"Do you think I'm not going through a lot of crap lately, Dad?"

sharply. "Don't talk to your father like

Today, especially, had been tiring. Theo and Mister Miller had met with a few people,

to invest or do business with them again. But all those people either turned them down or gave

help, but the help wasn't enough. Others offered "help," but it was clearly just a disguise for something else. That's what the father and son had

and understand her?" Theo breathed out through gritted teeth, fed up at this point.

him to understand or just

Theo had to exhaust even

he announced, pushing himself up without finishing his meal. "I'll go to

food!" Mrs. Miller jumped from her seat. "Sit down and don't waste

hand and shake his head. He didn't say anything, lowering his head, and walked

that precious, why don't they just ask her to do what I do?' The thought crossed Theo's mind as he walked away, his heart filled

teeth again, hissing to release the bitterness in his heart. He used to be so fond of his sister. After all, Patricia used to be so adorable

had their

Or was it because even when Theo entered the Star Section, it became

But all of that...

Theo was

me in the first place,' Theo thought. 'It's her fault,

anyone in the past, and hadn't until now, because he didn't want to burden her. He didn't want his sister to think it was her fault that Finn had put a target on his back. After all, Finn had said the reason he was

always steal his spot in the Star Section-was

because Patricia had once confessed to Finn despite knowing he was engaged to someone else. It might have been an arranged engagement,