Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 318

Chapter 318: Crush

The sound of a chime rang through the restaurant as the door opened. Charles, who was busy serving, turned toward the entrance to greet the newcomer.

"Welco—" Charles stopped mid-sentence, the exhaustion on his face vanishing as soon as he saw his beautiful daughter light up the restaurant.

Penny’s eyes scanned the room before her gaze settled on her father. A smile quickly appeared on her face as she rushed inside, heading straight for Charles, who was cleaning a table.

"Papa, do you need help?" she quickly offered. "Let me do it."

"It’s okay, my princess."

Penny then grabbed the tray and grinned. "I’ll do it. Papa, you look very tired."

"Haha." Charles’s face softened, and he shook his head in surrender, letting his daughter take the tray while he placed the rest of the used glasses on it.

With that, Penny didn’t waste a second and carried the tray into the kitchen. As soon as she was done in the washing area, she grabbed a spare apron from the counter and began helping out. She didn’t say a word and worked as if she had been doing this regularly.

Even Allison, who was at the counter, barely exchanged smiles with her daughter when a customer called for a server. Penny quickly attended to them to take their orders.

"Ali, honey, how does Penny know how to work here as if she’s done this before?" Charles, idling by the counter, gazed at his wife curiously. "Does she always help out here?"

"She helps whenever she’s here, but even back then, Penny already knew her way around the kitchen and the restaurant," Allison murmured, her eyes shifting from her husband back to her daughter.

The couple watched Penny approach them, grinning from ear to ear as she handed them the order list.

Allison sighed, smiling affectionately at Penny before taking the piece of paper, which she then registered before handing it over to the kitchen.

"Penny, is there something wrong, dear?" Allison asked when she faced Penny again. "Are you alright?"

"Hmm?" Penny’s brows rose as she blinked.

"It seems like you have a problem, my princess," Charles pointed out, watching his daughter look in his direction. "Is there anything you want to tell Mom and Dad? Something about the company?"

For a second, Penny was a little taken aback. ’Was it obvious I’m trying to keep myself busy?’ she wondered.

"If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s alright." Allison nodded at her reassuringly. "We won’t ask, but know that we’re here to listen if you need."

"Your mom is right." Charles nodded in agreement. "Whatever it is, you can always tell us. Now, if you want to work, then take my spot first. I’m dead tired."

Penny pursed her lips and smiled. "Thanks, Mom, Dad. I’m just a little bored because I have nothing else to do. I came from Brother Atlas’s office with Second Brother, but now they have work to do."

"Your second brother has no work right now," Charles muttered, thinking his second son was becoming more rebellious for not considering his little sister.

"Haha. No, Second Brother asked me if I wanted to come with him, but I told him I wanted to go home and rest," Penny explained. "But I found myself here."

"Oh, Penny." Allison extended her hand across the counter and cupped Penny’s cheek. "Well, since you’re here, your help is very much appreciated."