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

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Chapter 1560: What I can do is take you to the right person

Hugo ate his noodles as if the heat didn't bother him, even chugging the soup in consecutive gulps. When he finished, Kiara was still only halfway through her cup. Without hesitation, he reached for the bun she had bought for him and started eating it piece by piece.

While chewing, his eyes never left her.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I'm here?" he asked after a moment.

Kiara glanced up at him, her cup noodles held just below her lips.

"Hmm?" she hummed. "Didn't you just walk by and see a familiar face?"

"That's why you're not asking?"

"Well, duh?" She shrugged. "Why else would you be here? Do you live nearby?" "No. I don't have a place of my own. My father practically calls me homeless."

Kiara squinted at him. "And you're okay with that?"

"Why wouldn't I be? It's true," Hugo replied with a shrug. "I leech off my parents."

." She pressed her lips together and gave a small nod. "Is that so?"

She returned her focus to her noodles, blowing gently on them. Unlike Hugo, she didn't have a heat-proof tongue, and a burned mouth was not something she wanted to deal with.

Hugo, meanwhile, continued to stare at her with an odd curiosity. He tilted his head one way, then the other.

Then-

"Wow!" He laughed suddenly. "So you really think I just go around stealing food from people?"

She glanced at him and whispered, "Isn't that exactly what you did?"

closed it again, momentarily speechless. Of course not. The only food he regularly stole was from his roommate... who happened to be

for the rest,

him. Kiara furrowed her

asked.

though I ate

didn't have the energy," she mumbled. "Just take it as a thank-you for your brother. Before he switched careers, he helped my

why I'm here? Or why did I stole

him now, a

my sister Penny would kill anyone who did that," Hugo said, making Kiara's face twitch. "Actually, she'd slap my hand away before

She blinked. "So... that's

people show their true colors

seen it happen more than once-Penny when hungry, Jessa when hungry, even his own mother, who turned into

other hand, didn't quite get it. She forced a small smile and nodded politely, even though she found his reasoning a

I probably would've been mad,"

exhausted. Physically. Emotionally.

worn out that getting angry felt like a chore. And caring? That felt like a luxury she couldn't afford. And it wasn't

at him again. I guess he wouldn't understand this kind of

Hugo

him away as

finished her food. Maybe she

iel

been constantly pestering her for months, she wouldn't have stuck around this

face and kept watching

stop staring," she muttered around her last

"I just want

gave me a strange request," he

a nice lady. I think

A quiet realization stirred within

really share his sentiment.. think he's right," Hugo continued, pointing at her. "Look at you. It's only been a few days, but you've lost weight. And you