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

Chapter 1033

Chapter 1033: More and harder

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[SKYLINE PLAZA: ZOREN's]

"Got it."

Penny slowly lowered the phone, her expression unlike what Angel had imagined. Her brows crinkled, her heart thudding in her chest. A slight tremor ran through her hand as she thought about what had happened to Patricia.

'That woman...' she mentally hissed. 'If I hadn't had her followed, she would've gotten herself killed.'

Although Patricia wasn't very significant in Penny's life, she was the epitome of a hassle. The type of side character who wouldn't add value, but at the same time could ruin everything with a single mistake.

"I'm back..." Suddenly, Zoren's voice cut through the air, trailing off when he caught the look on his wife's face. He slowly walked toward her, taking her arm and snapping her out of her thoughts. "Is everything alright?"

Penny looked up at him and smiled. "Mhm. Everything's alright."

"But it looks to me like it's not."

"It is alright. It's just that..." Penny hummed before smacking her lips. "Sit down, and I'll do your eyedrops."

"Mhm."

With her hand holding his, she led him to the chair near the window. As he sat down, his eyes followed her movements as she went to the bedside table, opening the drawer until she found what she was looking for. Penny flashed him a brief smile before walking back, sitting on the left armrest while he leaned back.

"You don't want to tell me?" he asked again, watching her position herself with the eyedrops in her hands.

"It's just Patricia Miller."

"What about her?"

situation as she did so. "She almost got herself killed." She then moved on to his other eye. "And I

closed his eyes, letting the liquid do its work. "That's why you borrowed Angel from

"Mhm."

his eyes and met

sorry for her,"

"Of?"

the situation. "I didn't expect it to be like this." "Neither did Patricia," he replied, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her down to sit on

brows rose slowly, surprised. "How did you know I was thinking about that

He winked and smirked charmingly. "Of course, I'd know." "Goodness." A shallow laugh escaped her, narrowing her eyes at him. The brief worry in her heart quickly dissipated, as if it wasn't there

looked him straight in the eye before her lips stretched from ear to ear. Her mouth opened

actually a nobody in my

But hey, cheer up! At least, we got

Isn't that... funny? It's like

him, but Penny hadn't had the chance. Or maybe it was the lack of time, or just the thought that, even though there was good news, there was also bad news. Fo instance, one of her brothers might've killed

to the side. "I'm scared," she blurted out under her breath without even realizing it.

you

planned to tell him about it for now. Until she was sure... or

close, but it was decent. It was peaceful. But a part of her heart felt... guilty. And she was scared she would have to break their promise of

keeping it a

first life?" she asked hesitantly, watching him blink curiously. "Not because

shrugged. "Just tonight, someone was following

kill him wasn't new to him. His own family members did that on a

of my brothers?" she followed up, and at this point, they both knew she was trying to be subtle

didn't answer immediately. He just stared at her. Her

up as he casually replied, "Then I probably did

"Huh?"

brothers kill me in the first life?" Instead of going along with her inquiry, Zoren delved

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