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

Chapter 1654: Penelope

"I joined what they called their donors. It's basically donating my eggs. That's where it started."

According to Priscilla, it all started with her just donating her eggs for couples who couldn't bear children. She didn't know where those went or who had them, but she just kept doing it. Again and again and again.

All to keep Jason alive.

They promised her that if she could save enough, she could "probably" buy his freedom.

Priscilla believed them.

How could she not?

If Priscilla ever doubted their words, their thin promises, what else would she hold on to?

So, even if it hurt — even if it was exhausting — she did what she thought she had to. Priscilla had done everything she could to save up, even accepting different gigs on top of becoming a donor. One of which required her to clean up crimes and even donate some parts of her body.

Crazy? She had always known she was, at some point. That she was always on the brink of snapping, but somehow, the thread of sanity kept holding on despite her self-destructive journey.

But unlike what she hoped for, her subconscious scream from the very beginning was right.

Jason had long been gone.

He had died even before Priscilla begged their old boss for mercy. They killed him, just like they did many others who tried to escape and betray the organization.

It was too late for Priscilla when she found out. She was already in too deep with no way out.

out that I was already

fell in the room as if every single

journey, but how vast and dangerous this organization was. Penny, Mint, and Slater weren't entirely ignorant of it. However, it was now clear that this organization was deeply entrenched in

a huge one to take down," Mint thought to herself. "Then again, this is

last," Priscilla whispered, keeping her head down to hide the longing and regret in her eyes. "If I had succeeded, I would've been able to buy Jason's freedom. After so long... but just before I could, I found out he had been

asked, "So, because Jason is dead, you

met Penny's eyes and shook her

of pity for everything

stopped himself before he could say Priscilla

couldn't fully blame them for making the same decision they had in their first life, it still angered

don't understand," Priscilla breathed out heavily. "That was not me rebelling. If I wanted to rebel, I would've killed myself or at least

sheet, grinding her teeth. "Years of being in that hellhole, I

and Mint

all, Penny had been imprisoned for a full year. A year, and yet, she had

Humans are naturally adaptive.

didn't feel empty

as her eyes softened. "But how can I die when there's this

earning a

Jason's desire - are all in that... child," she whispered. "Everything spiraled out of contro when faked a miscarriage to tie up loose ends, but for Jason, it wasn't just

never

everything at once. I was angry at the world — at myself, at Jason," she continued through gritted teeth. "If I could, I would burn the world. Even now, I would still do

to her. "I know burning the world is impossible, but

distant memory. Her small

meeting Penny's eyes. "Because Penelope... was holding on to me. Even when I tried to kill myself, it clung to me as