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?"

for one, he hasn't bothered me since the 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

blinked and scratched the side of his cheek mildly. "I think Slater could be like that some days,

eyes at James. "You've been with him all this time,

Slater. I don't sense anything amiss." What James was saying was the truth. Slater

expecting her brother to have all the energy in the world all the time? Yet Penny was not convinced. She hummed a long tune and shifted her attention back to where Slater was, tilting her

she murmured, making James gaze in

and studied Slater. The more James kept his

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

and cast him

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

"Uh-huh. What about it?"

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

acting strange since then," James added quietly.

one of the dates he had, which he blew up, turns out to be Benjamin's cousin?"

it was the most horrible date I've ever seen in my life. So, don't ask him to go

I hope this

awkwardly as he studied her side profile. "You

eyes on

"What do you mean?"

mean, if my brother doesn't like someone, he just doesn't like them. Even if he says the rudest things to

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

date,

would 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,

it more, he couldn't