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

Chapter 1714: What's within Noel

"And in the end, Naylani Pierson... won the war?"

After a long silence, Atlas's voice slashed through the thick silence in the study

room.

Everyone (Penny, Slater, Hugo, Finn, and Dean) glanced at Atlas before moving their eyes to Zoren. What they had just heard was Naylani's backstory and the Zorken Family, which none of them had ever heard about until now.

Zoren shook his head. "It's not just winning or losing."

"Even with Naylani being able to convince other families to give her support and aid her, Nathalie was already a step ahead," he continued. "Some of those who had given support to Naylani were already in agreement with Nathalie."

"Like I said, Nathalie has been more involved with their family affairs. That includes a vast network," he added.

"That's weird," Hugo knitted his brows. "If Nathalie won, how come Naylani is still alive? If the war was that bad, then that could only lead to death-Nathalie's or Naylani's. Besides, I don't think Naylani is the good guy, considering she's not really nice."

Zoren nodded. "But there was more than just pulling out their guns and shooting each other."

"During this entire period, Noel was concocting a silent killer drug. The plan was, since Noel had been on Nathalie's side the entire time since the battle started, Noel wanted to end it all," he explained. "The plan was, Noel was trying to poison everyone at a banquet."

He paused. "However, before Noel could put that into action, she was already found. In fact, Nathalie had always known about Noel's reasons for staying with her instead of Naylani."

Nathalie delayed her execution with her sister to draw out Naylani. So, as a safety measure, Naylani sent Noel into hiding. One place after another, a new name, a new

Uncle Haines met?" Hugo blurted

into relationships in every place. In fact, she was very aloof and never tried

her

sure he wasn't leaving anything out. "And Nathalie heard that Noel was with

he chose not to say it out loud, because they already knew. Moreover,

and Slater

that place where my dad's last special ops occurred?" Penny remarked, and

meant to meet Nathalie, confront her, and perhaps negotiate. Unfortunately, the military had been eyeing that location for some time, as their target lived

night Noel

records of that, and I've always found it

right." Suddenly, Charles's voice

turned toward the two phones on the table between

colonel at the time, but he said

planning to move to another location. And that happened, it would ruin everything wed planned

investigating or monitoring this terrorist leader, but also the location where the battle could rage. Not knowing every terrain and route would put

And so, they did.

with all this information..." Charles added, his tone

on meeting Noel that time. The second Noel agreed to meet Nathalie, she was

missed taking her life the first time," Penny whispered.