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

Chapter 1123: Something is wrong with him

Days passed in the blink of an eye, and before anyone knew it, the trip was almost nearing its end. Penny and Zoren spent most of their days with their friends, but they made the best of their private time at night.

So far, the energy of the group remained the same. If anything, they were more comfortable with each other after four days of seeing each other's faces.

But something was bothering Penny.

"Hmm..." Penny rubbed her chin, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. When she caught James walking back to where she was from the yacht's deck, she grabbed him and sat him beside her.

James was caught off guard, his eyes wide with surprise. He didn't know what happened until he felt himself fall into the seat. Turning his head, deep lines appeared between his brows.

"Penny?" he called in confusion. "What is it this time? I swear I'm not working your brother to the bone after this trip!"

"Shh!" Penny hushed, keeping her suspicious eyes on someone. "Tell me, what's wrong with him?"

Confused, James shifted his gaze to where she was looking. His eyes quickly fell on Slater, who had been in the corner, watching the scenery around the yacht.

"What about him?" he blurted out. "He's having a moment of peace...?" "No," Penny shook her head at him. "Something's wrong with him."

"Is there? I think he's perfectly normal to me."

"He's not."

"What made you say that?"

second day," Penny explained in a matter-of-fact tone. "And second, he's surprisingly behaved around my husband. He hasn't been nitpicking! I checked his temperature earlier, and he's not running a fever

scratched the side of his cheek mildly. "I think Slater

him all this time,

have no idea what you're talking about. For me, Slater is being... Slater. I don't sense anything amiss." What James was saying was the

Yet Penny was not convinced. She hummed a long tune and shifted her attention back to where Slater was, tilting her head to the

him," she murmured, making James gaze in

her and studied Slater. The more James kept

he has a lot on his mind lately," he muttered, making Penny nod. "Is

and cast him a look. "Like

a shallow breath. "On our second night

"Uh-huh. What about it?"

headed to, we bumped into him halfway," he shared. "Slater was left behind in the night market. When we came back, he was arguing with Mint over some keychains. Turns out Mint

think he started acting strange since then," James added

up, turns out to be Benjamin's cousin?" Penny

that date wasn't a date. If it was, it was the most horrible date I've ever seen in my life. So, don't ask him to go on blind dates

out of hand. Still, I hope this makes Grandma realize they're a hopeless bunch. At this point, what

side profile. "You gave

and kept her eyes on her third brother.

"What do you mean?"

Even if he says the rudest things to that person, he wouldn't

that's true, it's still kind of mean to say about your brother," James laughed weakly, but it made him also reconsider. Setting his

date, Slater

treat his fans. But then Mint came, and his energy swiftly changed. Initially, James thought it was because Mint wasn't bringing any posters or Slater's merchandise for him to sign, and that Mint came there expecting a real date. Hence, Slater was extra harsh

about it more, he couldn't help but think