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

Chapter 1183: Dance with the devil

[PIERSON ISLAND]

Since they had been out in the "wild" all night, all the curtains in Zoren and Penny's room were closed. The room had become dark, with only a little light filtering through the small gaps in the sides of the curtains. Zoren lay flat on his back, staring at the ceiling motionless.

"Penny," he called quietly, turning his head to where she lay. Just like him, Penny was lying on her back, staring at the ceiling, deep in thought. "Aren't you going to sleep?"

Penny hummed. "I want to, but I can't."

"Do you want to talk?"

"..." Penny didn't answer immediately. She cast him a sidelong glance, then rolled onto her side. The injury on her leg ached slightly with the movement. Propping her elbow on the bed, she blinked a few times. "Did something happen?"

Talking until they fell asleep was a habit they had eventually picked up in this marriage. They didn't know when or how it started, but they always chatted before sleeping. In other words, Zoren proposing it shouldn't be suspicious. But somehow, she felt her husband had a lot on his mind. Especially now that everything was over, and it was just the two of them.

"Mhm," Zoren hummed in return, moving until his back rested against the headboard. "Back there, when you were dragged away, Glenn and I had a brief conversation."

Penny blinked, eyes on him. "About what?"

"The money, the island, the business, and life," Zoren shrugged. "The conversation isn't worth remembering, though. It was just words from a man whose views are so twisted, he'd rather twist the truth than admit his mistakes."

"Then why are you bringing up that guy?" she asked, purely out of curiosity. "I know he's the worst kind of human sewage, but... why are you bothered by him?"

time before speaking. "Remember that time I told you I asked someone to

Penny nodded. "And I told you not to

saw myself again - the younger me, when Glenn smashed the vase over my

moving closer to

Zoren kept silent, staring at his

of response, her mouth fell open slightly. He didn't answer, but

out to hold her hand. "Let's stop the

faltering. "Renren, you're

down the

in her throat as surprise and confusion washed over

worried. Let's stop the treatment. I don't want to get better just to mentally decline again." Deep down, he knew he was better off this way. Not that he was sick. Tonight, he proved he was already better. He was able to fight,

as far as he could go. Going further might end in disaster, and he didn't want to screw it up. If getting better would only torment him and everyone around him, then he'd rather

somehow echoing. He squeezed her hand, but somehow, it trembled and felt cold. "I'm scared of what kind of memory I'll remember, and what kind of person I truly am. I don't

she could say. All she could do was stare into his

She paused, pursing her lips and moved closer to him. "Before my incarceration, I was just Penelope Bennet — the unwanted child of the Bennet family, the

there's a place beyond rock bottom - much darker, lonelier, and scarier. I became someone I couldn't recognize. I became someone even I was scared to face in the mirror. You've met her - drunk Penny. That was her tamed.

Penny reached out to him, wrapping her arms around his body. She

world had wronged me. Dwished forit to disappear from my mind, and when it didn't work, Fsimply tried to make my head busy to forget," she whispered. "But after everything, I'm grateful I didn't forget. Remembering what I am capable of taught me to be headstrong so as not to fall for the same

in my heart that kept me distant from my family disappeared without a trace." "Because of you, I could finally say with certainty

with mine so elegantly." Her smile stretched, nodding reassuringly. "We're a team, and tonight, that pretty much proved we really are a good pair if there's anything I learned tonight, despite the horror

slowly touched her face with the back of his hand before pulling her