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

Chapter 1192: Why didn't you tell me?

Forgiving the Bennets, Nina, the Cortez family, and the world was never part of Penny's plan to begin with. She died so unjustly, but before that, she had already endured unimaginable pain—pain so deep that even the world couldn't bear to carry it.

If the world had been just a bit more reckless and let her be reborn as an adult, she would've cut all ties with everyone. She would've led a different life, one where all the people who had caused her pain weren't in it. It wouldn't have mattered if she had to live in seclusion-she had lived in seclusion before. The only difference would be that this time, she would live alone on her own terms, not because no one wanted her in their lives.

But she was reborn as a child, at the most vulnerable time of someone's life. So, she had no choice but to live and make her life better with so few resources.

Did that mean her pain went away? Not in the slightest.

It took her time to see the Cortez family as a group she could live with. Even when she knew Jessa only cared about the money Penny brought in, Penny didn't have expectations, so the disappointment didn't hurt as much.

When she had to live with her real family, she couldn't even bring herself to call them her family. But when she did, she only asked herself one question: Did they deserve her forgiveness?

The answer was: not in the slightest.

But she also told herself that what they had done in their first life wasn't

something they had done in this lifetime. They didn't even remember. Although their inability to recall the pain they had caused her felt so unfair, Penny learned to

let it go.

Her desire to see them all grovel at her feet and regret their actions eventually left her heart.

what she told herself: they didn't remember, so they were still innocent. She never considered what she would

thought of it, so only now did she

pain they caused might have healed, but it also left a deep and ugly scar. And now, listening to Slater made that scar ache from the inside. His words were like a key to a Pandora's box that shouldn't have

let us all go. Just leave us all... just like we did. No one will

the tension in her throat. She opened and closed her mouth,

whispered. "Since

for a moment, he couldn't speak. This

him by his name. It was just like how she used to call him back when he didn't want her to call him

he answered quietly.

bottom lip. "How?" she forced

head and

for the past five years, so don't lie to me. Don't you dare... lie to

mouth quivered as he mustered the courage to confess. "I killed myself. I tried to kill myself, but James saved me. When I woke up, I was... confused. The dreams I had and the crushing feeling that came

SLAP!

her hand landed on his cheek. His face was tossed to the side, his cheek throbbing, just like her palm. But when he looked back at her, another resounding slap landed on his face. This time,

for the years you lied to

you knew what you'd done, but you acted just

SLAP!

a breath, she raised her hand and struck him again.

nothing compared to the pain in