Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1190

Chapter 1190: I remember, Penny.

[FLASHBACK]

The sound of glass shattering echoed in Penny’s ears like a clap of thunder. However, that wasn’t what terrified her. It wasn’t the sound itself, but rather what would come after it.

"What do you think you’re doing?!" Slater’s voice erupted in the room, filled with rage. His burning gaze flickered between his sister across the room and the shattered figurine on the floor. Clenching his teeth, he marched toward her.

"I—I’m sorry, Third—"

"Shut up!" Slater yelled, making her flinch. "I’ve told you so many times not to come into my room! And now, you’re apologizing for breaking my stuff? Why don’t you ever listen?!"

In a state of panic, Penny stuttered, "But—but—I didn’t mean—Nina said—"

"I said shut up! I don’t care what Nina said!" he hissed, his fists balling tightly. "All I care about is what I said, and you clearly don’t listen!"

"Third Brother, I’ll fix it!" Penny didn’t hesitate and bent down to pick up the broken pieces. But in her rush, she cut her finger. "Ouch."

Instead of worrying about her injury, it only made him angrier.

"I said get out!" Slater’s voice boomed, making her flinch again. She looked up at him with shaky eyes. "Look what you’ve done! Not only is it broken, but now it’s dirty too!"

Penny froze, her heart sinking at the growing rage in his eyes. "Third Brother..."

Slater pointed at the door, his chest heaving. "Out. And don’t ever show your face to me again."

Penny bit her lip, clutching her wounded finger as she picked herself up. The cut was small—something she could ignore. But the cut in her heart? That ran deeper. She walked out, crying as quietly as possible, while Slater continued glaring at her.

The figurine wasn’t important. In fact, he had planned to toss it into storage with the rest of the gifts from his fans. He would have thrown them straight into the trash if not for his manager insisting he keep them for his image. But somehow, even though that figurine meant nothing to him, the fact that Penny broke it made him furious.

He had never liked her.

He couldn’t say he outright hated her, but to him, his real sister was just... too annoying.

Penny didn’t know how to dress well. She couldn’t talk well. She was always putting people in difficult situations. Just like now—he had told her not to enter his room, but she didn’t listen. And now, she had broken something. Slater felt no empathy for her.

She brought this on herself.

These situations weren’t new for either Slater or Penny. Even as children, Slater had always picked on her. At first, it would pull off harmless pranks to make her go away. But whenever he felt he had gone too far, Penny would somehow do something even worse—something that would not only reflect badly on her but on their entire family.

Even at school, she was so pathetic that Slater’s bullies used her against him, constantly comparing the two of them. And now, as adults, Penny was still the only one who hadn’t achieved anything significant.

Atlas had made a name for himself in the business world. Hugo had earned countless badges. Slater had built a successful career in entertainment. Nina was a rising businesswoman.

And Penny?

No one knew her for anything except being the real daughter of the Bennet family. Aside from that, Slater had never heard anything noteworthy about her. All he knew was that she was in some research program that no one cared about.

The only time he had heard anything big about her was when... she was arrested for a crime so big it destroyed the entire Bennet family.

At first, Slater’s hatred for his sister deepened. He had always believed Penny would be the family’s downfall—he just hadn’t realized how massive that downfall would be. The public didn’t just criticize her; they criticized all of them, even their dead parents.

It wasn’t until Atlas received anonymous tips and begged Slater to help him that Slater realized how wrong they had been.

But by then, it was too late to regret. Too late to apologize. Too late to fix anything.

By the time he and Atlas had gotten close to the truth, Slater was abducted. Atlas had an "accident." Hugo—he had died long before that, trying to prove Penny’s innocence.

So yes, if there was anyone in the Bennet family who had been the harshest to Penny, it was Slater.

He had deliberately hurt her feelings. Scolded her for no reason. Done everything he could to push her away.

And even now, he knew—nothing he could do or say would ever be enough to make amends.

Because in the end...