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

Chapter 1584: The most pathetic fool

"How did it go?" Zoren asked, eyes on Penny seated beside him in the backseat. "Did they agree with your plan?"

The corners of her mouth slowly curled up, her eyes squinting slightly. "They did."

"I thought they wouldn't agree."

"Hehe. I knew they would."

"How did you make them agree?" he asked, genuinely curious. He already knew about Penny's plan—she had briefly mentioned it earlier when she said she'd be at Finn's place, though without going into detail.

"Magic." Penny winked at him with a smirk, which quickly faded as she let out a small huff. "I'm still going to place a few people around Nina as a safety precaution, of course. But I hope it works."

"It will," Zoren said with a nod. "Anyway, do you want to hear what I found about your request from earlier today?"

Her brows lifted, blinking almost innocently. "I was right?"

"You were." Zoren tilted his head slightly. "My men managed to dig up some information. From what they told me, someone was already planning to leak it to a news outlet. I bought it."

Penny's breathing slowed. "There's no telling they won't pass it to another outlet."

"They won't. There was only one copy."

"One copy?" Her brows furrowed. "That's strange."

Someone who schemes like that would typically keep backups, just in case Plan A failed. Unless... they were so confident in Plan A's success that they didn't think they'd need one. That kind of arrogance only meant one thing-the mastermind was bold. Too bold.

watching the realization

said, his voice dark enough to chill the air in the car. "One more thing. The people who had been following

"What?"

Angel too," he explained. "They retraced your steps from the moment you followed Jonathan to that orphanage,

added. "I guess they figured that following you any longer would eventually expose them. Unfortunately, they're dead now. Mark and Angel managed to identify them—all of them were members of different gangs. Most

filled the car as Penny and Zoren locked

thoughts. "And they took no chances of anything getting

inner lip, lowering

many states, some of which were known for their gang activity. So a few

breath and snapped her

that anymore," she said. "Second

"I'm just glad to help. If

leaning into his side. "I married a rich guy, after all. I'll take

took her hand as she

even take over Prime Group himself just so she could stay home. And if she ever got bored at home, she could sit

way, Penny, aren't you going to the lab

"Sometimes a

that would never stop until everything was solved.

waste of time. It was recovery. A

be

continued their ride home, leaving their

Meanwhile...

front of his villa but didn't get out. His

meters from his