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

Chapter 1785: Stick figures

"So... are we just going to stay like this?"

Meanwhile, in a small hut right in the center of the island, Slater, Shawn, and Penny were lounging outside. The three of them crouched down, with Penny absentmindedly drawing circles on the ground with a stick, looking a bit bored.

Shawn and Slater, seated on either side of her, turned to look at what she was drawing.

"Is that...?"

"Blacky," Penny muttered with a frown, underlining the stick figure of an animal with her stick. "And this is Chunchun, then Mouse, and Tiana."

"They look like insects," Slater commented, while Shawn bit his tongue. Shawn had the same thought as Slater – the animals she was drawing did resemble pests.

"Shut up," she retorted, then pointed her stick at the stick figure at the end. "And this is me – see, I’m wearing a skirt."

"Your body is all skirt."

Again, Penny glared at him and clicked her tongue. "I’m drawing you." With that, Penny drew an unflattering stick figure a palm’s length away from her original drawing.

"Hey! Why am I so far away!?" Slater protested.

Another exasperated sigh escaped Penny as she stared him down. "Weren’t you scared of my babies? I’m just keeping you safe."

Back when they were kids, Slater often kept his distance whenever her pets were around. His face twitched as he snatched the stick from her.

"Forget that! I’m an adult, and why do I look so ugly!? Everyone’s smiling except me and I don’t have bunny teeth!"

"Hey! This is my stick! If you want to draw your own, get your own stick!"

Hayley had been Slater’s biggest fan. Shawn knew that not only because Hayley would

certain angelic quality to him, mixed with a bit of

he couldn’t help but think about that, not

he thought back to how

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is really good...

surprised him,

them. She had meant every word she said. Her life was really good, and she regretted nothing – not trusting again,

given herself a chance to be loved and cared for, just as she had always

of that, she had given everyone, including herself,

sight of the

When they drew

Penny’s help. Meanwhile, Slater’s helicopter ascended, narrowly avoiding a collision with theirs. Given the size of the chopper Slater was using, he easily maneuvered in the air and headed towards Penny’s

spotted it descending onto one of the islands, Slater quickly followed suit. However, unlike them, Slater didn’t have

Penny called out as soon as she opened the door, her eyes fixed on the

grin stretched from ear to ear as she jumped out of the chopper and swam towards the shore. Slater, on the other hand, slid down

panted, coming to a halt in front of her. He

over his face as tears

he breathed out, his lips

hand to give him a thumbs-up. "Perfect 10 out of

on her

she said, nodding in a direction. "I treated the guys who abducted me. Shawn shot them—well, I shot one because Shawn’s a bit reckless. He could use

sure she was unharmed, he shifted his gaze to the chopper floating on the