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

Chapter 1288: Next time, hire a private investigator

Meanwhile...

"Huh?" Penny furrowed her brows, watching Jonathan enter a gift shop a few blocks from them. "What is he doing in there? Buying what? Drugs? Organs?"

Dean glanced at her through the rearview mirror. "Seriously?"

"What? Don't tell me he's in a gift shop for something innocent?"

"Don't judge," Atlas remarked, keeping watch on the establishment. "Though we should remember that place in case it's a hideout for criminals."

Talk about not being judgmental.

Dean shook his head mildly and just ignored the siblings. "You guys... why don't you just get out of here now, huh?" he muttered. "Why are you even interested in him?"

"He's my husband's half-brother, which makes me his in-law, and your aunt," Penny spat back. "Of course, I am interested."

"..." Dean kept his eyes narrowed before he secretly took a peek at her through the rearview mirror.

"This is strange..." Penny trailed off when her phone suddenly vibrated. She pulled it out without taking her eyes off the establishment, her mind filled with curiosity. However, when she glanced down at her phone, she gasped in shock. "What is it?" Atlas asked, watching his sister, her face plastered with horror.

"I forgot I told Renren I was going to pick him up."

then blinked some more.

a message." Penny waved dismissively, leaning back as she

love, my

lot of things to do. When we were supposed to

quickly sent the message before lifting her eyes to the

feeling like he might end up in trouble. "Nothing." Penny shook her head

his mouth but then shut it when he saw Jonathan coming out of the gift shop. He quickly averted his attention to the establishment,

the other hand, focused on her phone as Zoren responded.

Are you safe?]

giggled before reassuring

love,

Dean is going to sell someone first,

she just sent to Zoren. He glanced at Dean but said nothing. Instead, he shifted his focus back to Jonathan, who was helping the shop assistant place the other shopping bags into his

as the shop assistant was placing the bags in, something fell

blurted under his breath, brows furrowing. "A teddy bear?" "Is there something inside?" Dean wondered

"Why did he need to

thought Penny had a point, but rather, there were just a plethora of questions swirling in

by not being detected by Jonathan. They stayed close enough to know where Jonathan was heading, but far enough

was the middle of the day, so this couldn't be an

of them had the worst impression of Jonathan. Well, they had a valid reason to dislike him-especially Penny and Atlas. So

until they stopped several

washed over their faces as they watched children run to the gates the second they saw Jonathan approaching. The guards of the facility also welcomed him with bright