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

Chapter 1725: Things he’d never believed he deserved.

Chapter 1725: Things he'd never believed he deserved.

Penny sniffed, snuggling against her husband as tightly as she could. They were still leaning against the headboard, but that didn't stop her from clinging to him like a koala.

"Don't cry," he chuckled, his low baritone soothing her. He wiped the corner of her eye with the back of his finger. "Maybe you were right, but... knowing you're here with me doesn't just make things tolerable—it makes them livable."

Penny hiccuped and looked up at him. Then she let out a sharp huff and pulled herself away until she was sitting upright. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand, clearing her throat.

When she dropped her hand and looked at him again, she ground her teeth.

"I'll kill that bitch!" she declared, her grief shifting quickly into rage. For some reason, Zoren could even see the fire engulfing his wife materialize.

She pointed a firm finger at him. "You stay right there. I'm going to march over there and stab her a hundred-no, a thousand times! I don't care if I get thrown in jail for it! Grace will keep me out of it! If not, then I'll be the prouded murderer there is!"

Zoren chuckled and leaned forward to gently pull her back. "Penny, calm down."

"Calm down? CALM DOWN?!" she echoed, eyes glistening again. "That woman makes me angrier now than she ever did with all the stuff we've uncovered. How am I supposed to calm down when she threw punches in our past life faster than I grab samples at a free food stall?!"

"I can't calm down until I see her suffer a hundred times more than he made you suffer!" she screamed.

His laughter echoed, warm and surprised. He moved closer and wrapped his arms around her from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder.

Looking up at her, his eyes softened with nothing but affection. A gentle smile curved the corner of his lips. Penny, however, just frowned and looked back at him.

"Don't give me that look," she muttered. "It doesn't make me any less angry at her."

it did make her

said softly. "Our past... it was heavy. Especially when I woke up as a child again. I thought I was trapped in a nightmare I'd

pulled her closer, holding her tightly. "That all changed when you crawled into that bush

moments, and all the ones they'd created

didn't understand it," he continued. "But now, I know that moment became everything. Because

the present already felt like too

chubby little girl, crawling in beside him with her

"What are you?"

"Who are

somehow, that ridiculous moment had

realized it was never

was always her who

not realize it, but if not for her appearance on television-made a public spectacle by the world-he might never have known her. If he hadn't seen her tearful plea,

too, she found him again—in that bush. And

ever done... was take

all this," he murmured, "knowing I'm not alone. Knowing someone else will cry in my stead, rage

his brows

"So even if things aren't fine...

ver

can't. Because you won't

wasn't just hope. She gave him a family-friendship, love, and

lips together as her eyes stung once more. She swallowed hard and lowered her head, holding his arms where they

again. Her vision blurred with tears, but he lips curled into a smile. And if we'd been given the chance, I'd have stood by