Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1714

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."

"I can’t say, fortunately, but somehow, Naylani managed to rescue Noel. After all, 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 identity in every place."

"So that’s how she and Uncle Haines met?" Hugo blurted out, and Zoren nodded.

"Possibly," Zoren remarked. "Noel moved from one place to another. I’m not saying she got into relationships in every place. In fact, she was very aloof and never tried to make friends. But somehow, she and Uncle Haines got close."

"But Noel also knew that she couldn’t stay even 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 on."

"Eventually, Nathalie caught up to Noel." Zoren stopped again as he recalled everything, making sure he wasn’t leaving anything out. "And Nathalie heard that Noel was with a man."

Zoren wanted to add that he didn’t know 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 under the pretense of Zoren’s "investigation."

Atlas, Hugo, and Slater nodded.

"That’s why Noel is in that place where my dad’s last special ops occurred?" Penny remarked, and Zoren nodded at her.