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

Chapter 1155: He did it for free

[Earlier: Prior to Penny and Zoren's arrival at the Base.]

"Oh, my god..." Penny was still in disbelief at what she had just learned from Zoren. "Butler-Butler Lee is part of the Phantom Circle? How?"

"Long story short, Butler Lee was separated from his family as a child. He led a troubled life growing up. Years later, he and Butler Hubert reunited," Zoren answered with a shrug. "It was Grandma who offered him a chance to live a quiet life."

"Grandma offered him a quiet life on the island?" Penny repeated, and he nodded. "And you offered him the opposite of that. Renren, I didn't know you had a rebellious phase!"

"I gave him something that made him feel alive."

Penny scrunched up her nose, momentarily wondering who she had married. But then again, she was grateful that her husband was being upfront about it.

Still... wasn't that a red flag?

"Don't worry. Butler Lee didn't work in the field during our group's active years," Zoren reassured her. "He simply held a position that allowed him to use his vast strategic insight. Like I said, he lived a troubled life."

Penny pursed her lips, raising a hand to stop him. "I don't want to know the details of what he used to do for a living."

Zoren smiled at her. "Don't worry. He didn't kill for a living."

"Oh, Thank God!"

"He did it for free," he added, nearly making her choke on her own sigh of relief. "Pfft-"

"Renren!" Penny yelled. "Don't joke about something so disturbing with a straight face!" She mentally wept, feeling as though Atlas's spirit had somehow seeped into her husband. How could her brothers have tainted this precious man like this?

Meanwhile, Zoren maintained his smile. "Did that make you feel less worried?"

took my mind off Third Brother and Benjamin's situation for sure, but now I'm worried about

"I'm fine."

of fine," she breathed out, shaking her

still sitting on their

raise a brow at

rotten human sewage to ever crawl out from wherever they came from." Her tone hardened as their conversation shifted back

nodded, though

to the same conclusion. However, she

his, she smiled. "The best-case scenario is that we buy their freedom and they let us go.

for sure, they'll use Third Brother and Benjamin to bleed us dry.

find the hostages, that meant they

worried about you," he

him see exactly what her heart was telling him. If I could, I'd want you to stay behind and wait

"I'm not wasting this second life- possibly the best life I could have.

it."

held each other's gaze. Then, his thumb

hurt," he murmured. "And I promise I won't either." Their smiles

who they were. The people the syndicate had taken were close to

Penny cleared her throat, lowering her voice. "The question is, how are

you said, people like them are the worst kind of human sewage. We're going to use

"What do

two possible outcomes, Penny. Either they

Third Brother, or

us captive and demand more." Zoren's expression darkened. "According to Butler Lee, some people have been eyeing

"I need you..." He paused, his voice tight

"Huh?"