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

Chapter 1162: Please tell me the truth.

Benjamin and Slater hung their heads low, wide-eyed. They couldn't believe what they had just heard. This shouldn't surprise them, but they hadn't thought about it earlier. They had been too focused on finding their way out. Had it not been for one of the hostages in the building telling them the way, they would have taken much longer.

Besides, they didn't think they had been abducted for that long. It had been only an hour or two since they were taken. They didn't think that was enough to raise an alarm, especially since Slater and Benjamin had gone to night markets before and stayed out late.

But Atlas was saying...

Slowly, Benjamin and Slater lifted their heads and locked eyes with Atlas. Atlas's presence alone was enough proof that the names of those who infiltrated the base to rescue them were indeed inside. Otherwise, Atlas wouldn't be there.

"I need to go back," Slater breathed out and quickly turned.

"Slater," Atlas called, taking large steps toward them. He grabbed Slater's arm and pulled him until Slater was facing him. "Stay here."

Slater's eyes shone with bitterness as he clenched his teeth. "First Brother."

"You and Benjamin already escaped. That means those guys can only worry about themselves. It's too dangerous."

"But Penny is there!" Slater argued. "She's there for me, and... I have to let her know I'm safe."

"Stay." Atlas gripped his brother's shoulder tighter, his eyes sharp. "It's much better that way. I'm sure they'll eventually find out that you're not there anymore."

"But-"

"Help is on the way," Atlas added, cutting off Slater's argument before he could even start. However, Atlas knew that was a lie. Before his group arrived, they had already realized that the police were useless, so they didn't even try to report the situation.

Before they lost signal, Atlas had tried contacting some people for help. But this place was a sixteen-hour flight from Anteca, and even if help arrived, he wasn't sure if it would come immediately. Even so, he needed to keep Slater out of the danger zone.

"Earlier, there were seven of you inside. Now, it's down to five. They'll be fine, Slater.

into a thin line, his eyes on his brother. Reluctance flickered across his face before he nodded. Atlas didn't let him go immediately but studied him. When Atlas was slightly reassured that Slater was convinced by his

A mistake.

a couple of seconds before sprinting back. He quickly picked up the

slow-his brother seemed to have gained ridiculous speed. He was even

in distress before pinching the bridge of his nose. Why did the youngest-Slater and Penny-never listen to

little excitement he had felt earlier when they escaped disappearing

this..." Benjamin slowly shifted his eyes back to Atlas. "Sir Atlas, is

looked back at Benjamin. His mouth parted, but in the end, he could only press it shut. All he could do was let out a shallow

Hugo's perfect execution of diversion. Although he still encountered a few men along the way, he could

they formed a triangle. He wasn't sure if he had gotten into the right building, but since this one was the quietest, he thought Penny and Zoren might be there. After all, if it was quiet, that meant the boss was likely there, and wherever the boss was,

we barely know anything about,' he thought, stopping at

was quiet

for the rifle he had taken from one of the soldiers earlier, Mark approached

twisting it slowly and carefully. When

But nothing.

corner, just in case someone would fire at him. That didn't happen, even though the room@asn't completely empty. He slowly stepped forward and stood at the entrance,

see their shoulders trembling, and their muffled sniffles filled the room. When one of them dared to peek,

Mark held his breath

checked the last door he had tried to listen to, and sure enough, there

guessed correctly,

them were women, and by the looks of the rooms, this seemed like a

coming from outside. "Wrong

the corner. Just as he was a few steps from them, the five of them started weeping and

don't kill us. We're not one of