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

Chapter 1633: Did you offend someone?

"You're both going to die."

Silence settled quickly after Hugo's remark, leaving Cassandra and Kiara furrowing their brows. The two women exchanged puzzled looks before returning their attention to Hugo's solemn gaze.

Kiara wanted to laugh it off and say, "Stop playing, Hugo."

But how could she, when this was the first time she'd seen such a serious look on his face? It hadn't been long since they'd started spending more time together, but Kiara knew all too well how unserious he could be.

Right now, he was the complete opposite of the man she thought she knew.

And it left her wondering-did she really know Hugo at all?

Meanwhile, Cassandra replayed his words in her mind like a broken record. The more they echoed, the harder her heart pounded against her chest. Lifting her gaze to Hugo, she swallowed hard as her shoulders tensed.

"What... what did you say?" Cassandra whispered. "We... Kiara and I... are going to die?"

Hugo nodded, sighing heavily. "I didn't want to do this," he admitted sincerely. "But... you girls need to know."

If it were just him, he could stick close and guard them. He was good at being a scarecrow, intimidating enough to keep trouble away. But if the enemies decided to act while he wasn't around, he feared these women would find themselves in a life-and-death situation.

He felt responsible.

"Wait..." Still confused, Kiara rubbed the side of her head. "I don't get it. What do you mean? Who would want to kill us?"

shrugged. "I've been stuck with you, that's why I haven't investigated. And besides... I'm still injured." He pointed at his leg. "It's a pretty bad injury, and

at his leg, then back up at him. Her brows knit together—she hadn't even noticed he was injured. But who could blame her? Hugo never showed a hint of pain. He

shifted slowly to

her brows in surprise, then slowly pointed at herself. "It's...

scoffed. "Why would I be targeted because of

off, the realization hitting hard. She and Cassandra exchanged a knowing, dreadful

reactions shift. They weren't stupid. They could put the pieces together without him having to spell

Hugo, her complexion

who gets her food stolen and still buys the thief, more

were sitting on the floor; otherwise, Cassandra might have collapsed. Her

bluntly, making it painfully clear

mixture of bitterness, disbelief, and confusion swirled in their eyes. Their hearts felt ready to burst under the weight of conflicting

to believe it. They'd convinced themselves Cassandra's arrest was just a misunderstanding. A tragic

only been donating to and helping the

during her

believed that everyone who

being questioned, that this would

perfect, but she was no criminal. From the bottom of her heart, she trusted Cassandra. And even with her flaws, there was no way someone would go so far as to implicate her in such a scandalous case-one

do something like this?" Cassandra whispered, casting a helpless look toward Kiara, then back to

Hugo only shrugged.

Kiara whispered. "Who would do something so twisted? Cassy... do you know

it. Only

mouth, as if someone had ground a pill to dust and left it on her tongue. She had done something terrible to Nina... and Finn knew about