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.

nodded, watching the realization light up her

the death of them," he said, his voice dark enough to chill the air in the car. "One more thing. The

"What?"

looked into it. Angel too," he explained. "They retraced your steps from the moment you followed Jonathan to that orphanage, all the way up to today. And they found that ever since that day, someone had been

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.

filled the car as

doubt," Zoren said, reading her thoughts. "And they took no chances of anything getting traced

inner lip, lowering her

states, some of which were known for their gang activity. So a few deaths, even ten, wouldn't make the news, especially if it was

and

about that anymore," she said.

"I'm just glad to help. If you need anything else, just say the

now and leaning into his side.

chuckled, pleased. He took her hand as she rested her

bored at home, she could sit on his lap all day while

way, Penny, aren't you going

eyes closed. "Sometimes

would never stop until everything was

wasn't a waste of time. It was recovery.

be progress

their ride home, leaving

Meanwhile...

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

just a few meters from his