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

Chapter 1700: Hypnosis

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Finn stood before the wall, studying it in silence. Penny and Zoren had already left -Penny was going to try hypnosis. She had never done it before, but she had studied it out of morbid curiosity.

So, Finn was here to analyze everything with fresh eyes.

"..." He walked to another area, tracing a particular detail about the Smith Family.

Finn paused, eyes on the little photo of Cassandra.

"Even if I'm disappointed in her, this is still too cruel," he whispered, pressing his mouth into a thin line as he studied it, refusing to let his emotions take over. freewebnovel.com

Deep lines appeared between his brows as he tilted his head. His eyes darted between scattered details that weren't yet connected. After all, based on the vault photos, the road map was originally disorganized—at least compared to how Penny had tried to arrange them.

"Wait a second," he muttered, taking out a pin and moving the photo next to the Smith Family tree. He then stepped back to take a better look at it.

Silence filled the study room as Finn stared at the wall.

"No," he whispered, shaking his head slightly. "Don't tell me he specifically chose the Smith Family because... of me?"

Because Cassandra had been Finn's wife in his previous life-and Finn had betrayed Jonathan. So, in his twisted logic, Jonathan chose to use Cassandra as the scapegoat to divert enemy attention from the Bennets. While the hit on Nina might have been for a different reason, the result was just as twisted.

Using his ex-wife as a sacrifice for revenge against Finn's betrayal, and ending Nina at the same time. Surely, Jonathan had planned for Finn to wish he had died in that accident.

Finn's hand balled into a tight fist.

be Penny's enemy in this lifetime," he

his breathing constricted. He closed his eyes and

now," he reminded himself. "This

not didn't matter. What mattered was that they were trying. So Finn would continue

eyes again, a glint of determination flickered in

and shifted his attention to the rest. With so much information and so little time to organize it coherently, Finn walked back to the desk and picked up

began jotting down what he could piece together

Some time later...

up at the window, exhaustion etched across his face. The travel time had been longer due to several reroutes, just in case. But it wasn't the travel that drained him—it was the silence that amplified

of the three Bennet brothers was followed by the crash of adrenaline

reminded him of what had just happened

was alive-maybe whisper in his ear

his eyes, he spotted

made it back alive. But he couldn't bring himself to feel anything.

be able to rest.

for what he'd thought would be

the familiar residence. Yet none of them

Dean asked, his voice heavy with exhaustion. He looked at Atlas beside him, then at Slater and Hugo. "Why aren't you going

glance, but instead of answering, he simply opened the door on his

at him. "I was just praying-thanking heaven that we made

added as he

smiled and nodded. "Like he said. For

wrong. Like all of this was normal. Maybe, considering he was a soldier, this kind of chaos didn't rattle

But then-