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

Chapter 1282

Chapter 1282: Walking corpse

"What are you talking about? Penny's dead?"

The unrelenting smirk on Slater's swollen face slowly vanished as he gazed up at Mark. For some reason, it felt like his ear was blocked, and he was starting to

hear things.

"Huh?" was all Slater could manage to say.

What did Mark just say?

Penny was dead?

Slater opened and closed his bloody mouth, his eyes searching Mark's face. In one sense, Mark seemed just as confused as Slater.

"What do you mean my sister's dead?" Slater mumbled, his expression blank. "She can't be dead. The execution date hasn't-it's still too early for that."

Were they trying to break him in a different way because the beating hadn't worked?

Slater wanted to believe that was the case. But the genuine puzzlement on Mark's face stopped him from fully convincing himself.

Mark shot Zoren a quick look, unsure what to say. He knew this was something Zoren had to explain himself. But seeing that Zoren wouldn't budge from the autopsy table, Mark hesitated.

"Her execution date was moved up," Zoren said in the same calm tone, his eyes still shut. "And she was transferred to a different prison that granted the request."

his eyes. "This is the morgue where they kept her body," he said, casting Slater a nonchalant look. "And this

staring at Zoren. His vision was blurry from the

emotion from Zoren. But how could Zoren talk about something so grave and lie on the same table where the dead lay without the

importantly, how could

looking down. "How could they move up her

she had been executed, Slater would have heard about it. But alas, there was

"If you could save her by killing me, I wouldn't mind," he said with the same indifference. "But there would be no one to save if I die.

take a nap on the autopsy

heart conflicted over

to digest in under five minutes. The wave of emotions crashing inside

like doing

It was just... dismay.

but it was all he knew. Slater was filled with

After another minute of stifling silence, Zoren's calm voice cut through

out of his trance. "But sir, what

sit up. When his eyes landed on Slater again, he cocked his head slightly to the side. "Killing me...

from his coat. "That beating was also nothing personal," he said. "If you want to visit

deserve anything from her. I don't even think you deserve to live, Slater Bennet. I would've killed you myself, but... killing you

a card onto Slater's lap, he exhaled. "This is the first and last time

walking away without looking back. But just as he reached the autopsy table, he paused and gazed at it.

chair," Zoren whispered, his eyes fixed on the empty autopsy table. "I

over his shoulder and added, "Think about

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