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

Chapter 1526: And above it... was the penthouse.

"Oh! You guys are early!" Penny flashed them a smile, waving a handful of papers. "Shawn, I need a summary of this. Please send it to my office as soon as you can."

"Also, I need progress reports from you three," she added, pointing at Hayley, Teddy, and Patricia. "Send them to my office right away. I'll read them while having my coffee."

With that, Penny was ready to head out, but the four of them just stared at her blankly.

"Hello?" she called, raising an eyebrow. "Are you guys okay? You look like you've seen a ghost or something."

They didn't respond right away. All they could do was stare at their boss in stunned silence.

Was it weird to say something felt off?

This morning, they'd seen Zoren Pierson in his pajamas. And now Penny, who looked like she had just woken up, was here too—in her pajamas.

What were the odds?

Before they could dwell any longer on how bizarre it all was, their eyes were drawn to something else: the plasters and band-aids scattered across Penny's skin. The most obvious ones were on her forehead and jaw, with several more on her arms.

"Miss Penny, are you alright?" Teddy snapped out of his trance and walked closer. "Why are you covered in band-aids?"

Patricia sprinted over and beat Teddy to it, standing directly in front of Penny. She tilted her head, scanning her from top to bottom.

"What happened to you!?" she gasped. "Did you get in trouble again!?"

"Miss Penny, were you hurt?" Hayley asked with concern as she also moved closer. Shawn stayed behind, silent but clearly worried.

"Ahh..." Penny touched the strip on her forehead and smiled. "I got into an accident last night."

"An accident?!" they all gasped in unison.

car and he got attacked," she explained casually. "Fortunately, no one

open, eyes wide, while Penny talked about it as if it

she chuckled, waving them off. "I just bruised my

she still pulled up her pajama pants to show them. The loose fabric easily slid up to reveal a long, dark bruise on her leg-horizontal and huge. Against her

god..." Hayley covered her

nodded. "It was bad, but it's okay. That's

Patricia asked, genuine concern in

rest, please let us know,"

work," Shawn said, supporting

out laughing. "You guys... I'm fine. Just a few scratches and bruises, nothing

a few steps, she turned back to Patricia. "Oh, and Patricia, I don't want any visitors today. If anyone comes looking for me, tell

"Yes, ma'am!"

racing. That didn't sound like a regular car crash. If anything, it sounded

been the target... she was

a long silence, "making sure she stays out of jail is just our second

our boss

but they all nodded in solemn

had seen the chaotic, borderline-criminal side of Penny-but now,

It was

act like nothing had happened after such a traumatic

finally

to give Penny anything else to

should've stayed home

seen a therapist,

Moments later...

Knock knock

what she

very early.