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

Chapter 1566: Consoling the wife... or the husband (?)

Meanwhile...

Penny carefully held a small test tube up to the fluorescent light until it glinted. The corners of her lips twitched as they curled upward.

"This will probably work," she muttered to herself with a giggle. "Holy..."

Without wasting a second, she slid her stool over to the next counter to test it out. She'd been working on this for a while, tweaking one of Dean's theories, which had led her to this promising new formula.

As Penny busied herself, Zoren quietly peeked inside. As usual, he moved silently, carefully avoiding anything he nearly broke the last time. He managed to slip in without disrupting her focus.

He quietly claimed the stool at the far end of the counter, resting his chin on his hand as he watched her.

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His lips formed a subtle smile. Even when she's busy, she looks so pretty. Admiration lit his eyes as a gentle smile tugged at his mouth. freewebnovel.com

Once I wrap up some loose ends at the Pierson Corporation, I'll quit.

Even if it meant being the fifth member of Penny's team in the CEO's office, and Atlas's sacrificial lamb, he didn't mind as long as his office was inside hers.

How wonderful life would be if he could just go to work with her, spend the day at her side, and go home together-never a moment apart.

What a dream.

"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!" Penny's panicked voice suddenly echoed through the quiet lab.

She frantically tried to stop the reaction forming in the antidote she was making- until she realized it was already too late.

"Shoot!" she cried, leaping over the other counter and diving for cover.

from whatever chemical catastrophe was about to unfold-but before he could reach

BOOM!

erupted in the lab, accompanied by the shattering of glass. A harsh chemical scent-something like super-concentrated bleach-wafted through the air, forcing both Penny and Zoren to cover their noses. "Goodness..." Penny hissed, crouched behind

the counter, only to spot Zoren

seeing his hand raise in a sheepish wave. "Since

covering his mouth as he

up and darted across

that side," she called while throwing open the

his head out for a lungful

all the windows open, it clung to the room-sharp and suffocating, like bleach

respective windows until the thick stench finally began

called across

the counter. Even from a distance, she could see the bubbling, acid-like substance

"I

enough, they left their windows and cautiously approached the mess. Chemical droplets

the way the liquid hissed against the tile and produced smoke was a

half-expecting the tile to dissolve. "Careful. There's

her head at the mess. "This is driving

she

of her trials gave the results she'd hoped for. If anything, each experiment was worse

said quickly, making him turn.

her expression softened. "That's not the

"Oh."

she said. "You stay by the window. Inhaling too much of this stuff isn't

"Alright."

back exit, vanishing behind the door. Zoren returned to

to fade, he

life