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

Chapter 1578: Pride doesn't feed me. Acting cute does.

Penny hadn't realized it until Wild questioned her about any involvement with the current scandal. What was it? The question itself.

Even though Wild knew Penny had nothing to do with the sudden eruption of the scandal, he still had to ask. Meaning, even for Wild - someone who trusted her -the circumstances were suspicious enough to spark doubt.

Simply put-

"It's a trap?" Mark furrowed his brows, seated across from Wild while Penny perched on the one-seater couch. "You're saying the encrypted file was planted for someone - Miss Penny or any of her men - specifically to take?"

"Most likely, yes," Penny nodded, pressing her thumb to her temple. "The attempt on Jonathan Pierson's life, in its own way, could tie into a dramatic narrative. Gosh. How did I not see that coming?"

Wild frowned deeply, casting her a sharp look. However, he chose not to nitpick not yet.

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"I didn't leave behind anything that could be traced back to me," Mark said solemnly. "Even if it was a trap, there's no evidence that would point at me or Miss Penny."

"That's not the point." Wild sighed heavily. "A story doesn't have to be true - just believable. A believable story alone can hurt the company and Penny's integrity. Add in her little fight with Cassandra Smith before the arrest? It's easy to twist things and paint her as reckless. Perhaps, envious or just pure evil, using her power to trample another beauty."

Penny rolled her eyes but didn't argue. It wasn't that she hadn't thought things through - she just hadn't expected Cassandra to be arrested so quickly. To be exact, she didn't expect Cassandra to get entangled in all of it at all.

Mark went quiet, mentally retracing his steps. This wasn't his first covert mission, so he'd been meticulous - avoiding the orphanage CCTV cameras and even the surrounding area. He'd enlisted help from his people to make sure the job was clean, too.

"How would they trace Miss Penny's interest in it?" he asked again. "Even if someone combed through CCTV footage within a hundred-meter radius, they wouldn't know I was there."

His brows rose when he noticed Wild rolling his eyes. The older man then shot Penny a glare, prompting Mark to shift his gaze to her.

"Well..." Penny scratched her cheek with her index finger. "I might've told Jonathan I'd seen his records."

Might have?

things worse. Wild, on the other hand, threw

to the

my defense, I

the one who drank my juice?!" Wild gasped, scandalized. "I was preserving it for

expected, Penny quickly defended herself, as though that were

frustrated by the nonsense that somehow crept into even the tensest

started, then trailed off, watching as both Penny and Wild turned to him. "If it really is a trap meant to drag Miss Penny

at his suit jacket, sitting up straighter. "Exactly. Better now than when

told you," Penny sighed, frowning. "I'll fix

brow

exactly are you planning to fix this?" Wild asked skeptically. "Or

had done plenty of damage control for Penny over the years. Without him, Prime Group

"Watch and

and held it out like she was about to perform

Puffing her cheeks, she pouted, making both men

cute? It

pressed a speed dial, placed the call on speaker, and set the phone on the coffee

Zoren's calm

had clasped her hands and started tapping her index fingers together like a bashful child. fo

"I think... I'm

small,

it was actually a trap to frame me, And... I might've accidentally told your fake brother I'd

file."

lashes at Mark and Wild's horrified

pause followed. Then Zoren

"Done."

my love~!" Penny cheered. "Mwa! Mwa! Mwa! You're

about it