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?"

in a matter-of-fact tone. "And second, he's surprisingly

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

at James. "You've been with him all this time, so tell me, what happened

For me, Slater is being... Slater. I don't sense anything amiss." What James was saying was

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

really feel like something's bothering him," she murmured, making James

stayed with her and studied Slater. The more James kept his eyes on Slater, the

on his mind lately," he muttered,

arched a brow and cast him a look. "Like a...

person." James let out a shallow breath. "On our second night here, Slater and I stayed in the

"Uh-huh. What about it?"

forgot about Ray, so we picked him up from where we left him. But since Ray knew the bar we were 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 is

strange since then," James added quietly. "So, I'm guessing it's

the dates he had, which he blew up, turns

seem to get along well," James said. "And correction, that date wasn't a date. If it was, it was the most horrible date I've ever seen

of hand. Still, I hope this makes Grandma realize they're a

awkwardly as he studied her side profile.

and kept her eyes on her

"What do you mean?"

brother doesn't like someone, he just doesn't like them. Even if he says the rudest things to that person, he wouldn't lose a wink of

laughed weakly, but it made him also reconsider. Setting his attention back to Slater,

date, Slater

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 to her because Slater was obviously

James had thought about it more, he couldn't help but