Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 259

Chapter 259: Tell him tomorrow

Penny stayed at the restaurant until closing time. She helped with cleaning up and drove her aunt Jessa home before heading back with Allison.

It had been a long day for her, and one might think she would rest as soon as she got home. However, Penny didn’t rest. Instead, she sat at her old study desk with a laptop and some important documents scattered around.

Cupping her face, she looked up Zoren Pierson.

"There are only a few articles about him, but even then... his name is barely mentioned," she whispered, moving on to another tab.

Her brows furrowed when she saw the file Yugi had sent her an hour ago. Clicking it, her eyes narrowed.

"A CCTV?" Penny watched the footage for a moment before glancing at the date.

It was from five years ago.

The exact date of her marriage registration.

Penny leaned back and folded her arms, watching the clip as it fast-forwarded. Her right brow slowly arched when she finished the clip.

"I was in the old office all day on that date," she whispered, leaning forward as she noticed there were more files.

Upon checking them, she found CCTV road footage showing where her car was heading. After viewing several of them, the next file was the CCTV footage of Haines’s house’s front door.

In conclusion, Penny had been in her old office all day and, at night, she went straight home. She didn’t stop anywhere, nor did she meet anyone. In other words, she couldn’t have registered the marriage.

When Penny exited the last footage, she finally noticed the message Yugi had left her where all these files were attached.

[From: Yugi

Can’t find any activities of Zoren Pierson on that same date, but from what I heard, he was hospitalized at that time. I checked the records, and it checks out.]

Penny opened the attached file, which showed a log from the hospital. Sure enough, Zoren Pierson’s name was listed as a patient that day, though the reason was not specified.

"This is weird," she muttered while rubbing her chin. "We’re both unaware of our marriage and even if he tried to register it, he couldn’t unless I was there."

The government wasn’t a joke — at least, not in matters like this. They wouldn’t make such a mistake.

"Unless there’s another Penelope Bennet and Zoren Pierson..." she trailed off, realizing that didn’t make sense either. After all, the pictures on the marriage certificate were theirs. Not just look-alikes, but definitely the two of them.

Her face turned sour as she felt another headache coming on.

"Oh, my god..." Penny pinched the bridge of her nose. "If I hadn’t tried to get married, would I even know... hang on."

Deep lines appeared between her brows as she stared at the screen. "In my previous life, were we also married?"

How would she know? She never tried to get married in her previous life — she never even had a boyfriend!

"I already have a lot on my mind, and now this?" Penny clicked her tongue and shook her head. "Never mind."

For now, Penny’s main goal was to fix this mess. Her company would soon operate, and she didn’t want any controversy. Considering the Piersons were a powerful and complicated clan, Penny didn’t want to get tangled in whatever internal problems they had.