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."

Naylani managed to rescue Noel. After all, Nathalie delayed her execution with her sister to draw out Naylani. So,

how she and Uncle Haines

from one place to another. I'm not saying she got into relationships in every place. In fact, she was very aloof and never

if she wanted to. After all, she never forgot about the dangers of her life. Nathalie was always coming after her, and Naylani could barely do much with the forces she had to keep an eye

up to Noel." Zoren stopped again as he recalled everything, making sure he wasn't leaving anything out. "And Nathalie heard

who that man was because he found out about the man's identity a little late. But he chose not to say it out loud, because they already knew. Moreover, Dean was present. So, all of this was

Hugo, and

my dad's last special ops occurred?"

negotiate. Unfortunately, the military had been eyeing that location for some time, as

Noel and Nathalie were going to meet, the military

not a coincidence." This time, Hugo chimed in. "I checked the records of that, and I've always found

right." Suddenly, Charles's

the two phones

even questioned my colonel at the time, but he said it was an

our target was planning to move to another location. And that happened, it would ruin everything wed planned for months of surveillance," Charles explained

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

And so, they did.

information..." Charles added, his tone changing. "... it's clear it's

his head. "Yes," he breathed out. "Nathalie didn't plan on meeting Noel that time. The

taking her life the first time," Penny