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

Chapter 1191

Chapter 1191: No one will blame you for it.

[Penny!]

[Useless sister!]

[Penelope Bennet? Hah. Aside from the family name you carry, you're not my sister. So, stop calling me Brother.]

[I hate you, and I wish you would just die, Penny.]

Slater's angry voice echoed in his ears, remembering just bits and pieces of the countless hurtful things he had said to Penny in their first life. They all bore anger and cruelty, meant to hurt her in every possible way.

Words he wished he hadn't spoken so carelessly. Words he wished he could take back. If only he had been just a little bit kinder and more understanding, maybe it wouldn't feel so heavy now. Maybe it wouldn't be so terrifying to think about how her heart might change with this confession. And maybe, he wouldn't have to wonder how this would pull them further apart.

Just maybe...

"I remember," he whispered, a part of him trying to hold him back from what felt like a suicidal decision. "I remember everything, Penny."

Deep lines appeared between Penny's brows as she looked at him, confused. "What does that mean?" she wondered. "You remember what?"

"Everything," he breathed out, marching toward her and stopping just a step away. Looking into her eyes, his eyes gleamed with all sorts of emotions. Dominating them all was regret-deep regret that seemed as though nothing in this world could ever take it away.

"Third Brother..." The confusion on her face was evident as she studied the look in his eyes. "I don't understand why you're..."

Thud.

as her words caught in her throat, and she gazed down at Slater. "Third Brother, what do you think you're doing?" she asked, trying to pick him up from his knees. "If this is about last night, it's nothing. Stop kneeling like that—

sorry," he muttered through gritted teeth, his

up now. I'm not that hurt," she returned, still trying to

was all about last night. Knowing Slater, she was certain he was blaming himself for that stab wound on her thigh. However, wasn't kneeling a bit much? Actually, he wasn't just kneeling he was almost kowtowing...

But then...

sorry... I shouldn't have said all of that. I should've believed you when you said you

her grip on his arm loosening. Her eyes slowly grew wide, and she stared at

did he

she

did he mean by

this lifetime, there were so many things Penny had lied about. Like how she would automatically deny eating the snacks hidden in the fridge or the pantry. Or the den in his car that she tried

charger that she had used as a rope

accused, she would say she didn't do it.

argue with Slater over it. She had lied about many things and denied many things, but none of them had been big enough to cause this kind

she had told and the truths she had claimed, there was only one

previous life, when she told the truth

and one

her breath as she slowly let go of his shoulder.

up at her. His vision blurred with tears, his mouth quivering as he whispered,

she felt it drop to her stomach.

body froze in time. For a while, all she could

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