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

Chapter 1486: Weaken Prime Group

"I told you I'd reach out, didn't I? It's been a while, Nathaniel."

Nathaniel's face shifted through a mix of expressions in a matter of seconds. For a moment, all he could do was stare at Penny with disbelief and bitterness. freewebnovel.com

This woman, after all, was the reason he was in this situation. And to top it off, she had kidnapped him — in the middle of the night, in the middle of his sleep!

"Miss Penny, didn't you have a better way to reach out?" Nathaniel exhaled, clicking his tongue faintly. "Did you really have to drag me out like that? My heart has been in poor condition lately. That could've killed me."

"I did have other options," she replied with a sly smile, "but then again, where's the fun in that?"

Nathaniel's face soured, but then Atlas spoke.

Atlas chimed from his seat. "You were being watched. That's why," he explained. "Penny had to time this perfectly so no one would know you're here."

Deep lines creased Nathaniel's forehead as he turned to Atlas with mixed emotions. What Atlas meant was that someone had bugged his hotel room-his every move had been monitored. And right now, those watchers still believed he was asleep in bed, not sitting in a luxurious room with three powerful figures.

"Get him a chair," Zoren said with a flick of his hand. At his command, Mark stepped forward from the shadows and placed a chair behind Nathaniel with a dull thud, making him flinch.

Nathaniel glanced back to find Mark's icy gaze locked on him.

"Take a seat," Penny offered casually. "It doesn't sit well with us that you're sitting on the floor."

Damn it. They even let me sleep here, Nathaniel thought, huffing as he dragged himself up and sat on the chair. There was no point in resisting. What mattered was that Penny had finally reached out — albeit in her own twisted way.

told us she suspects you were the one who planted the bug," Atlas

finally turned their attention to business. The truth was, Atlas-or rather, the Pierson Corporation-was interested in Citadel. But

all, Penny had sent Nathaniel

Information Center in Anteca. Although it had recently been raided, they all knew the operation hadn't truly stopped. The bar that was seized

Nathaniel's name among the competition participants, she immediately knew something was up. She didn't

now, here they

sharp breath and nodded. "Yes.

— but begging alone wasn't enough," he explained. "It just so happened that I offered skills they needed, and Prime Group was running an open campaign for software experts to join the

join and carry out one task: plant the bug so X could infiltrate the system. They didn't give me all the details, but I figured they were targeting Prime

her eyebrows knowingly

smile. Atlas, meanwhile, simply

in his eye. "Aside from

specifically," Nathaniel admitted. "But I do know this: the Information Center isn't what

"The original boss was taken down not

just someone," Nathaniel said,

been

together how they

I'm convinced

powerful than

—

global intel. They're

all over

his arms on his legs. "Miss Penny is one of them. But if I'm right, their goal isn't to kill her-it's to cripple