Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 598

Chapter 598: This is not my first life.

As promised, Penny explained everything to Benjamin from start to finish. One of the most annoying things about telling a story to a busybody was that they wanted full details of everything. So, even during dinner, Benjamin joined Penny and Zoren to get the entire story.

"Oh..." Benjamin’s lips formed an O-shape as he nodded in understanding. "So that’s what happened, huh?"

Penny and Zoren glanced at each other and sighed, then turned their eyes back to Benjamin.

Benjamin furrowed his brows and cast the couple a look. "So, all this time, sir, you knew...?" His breath hitched as he processed this realization. His eyes widened instantly as Zoren shrugged.

’So, all this time, he knew I was lying to him?!’ Benjamin’s complexion turned pale, and his eyes dimmed. After a beat, his face crumpled with remorse, and the corners of his eyes turned red. "Sir! I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it! I swear I didn’t want to do it! Miss Penny made me do it!"

As expected from Benjamin, after listening to everything, the first thing he did was apologize. He was almost crying, which made Zoren and Penny smile subtly. Surely, he was like Zoren’s child.

"This feels like a trial run," she murmured, casting Zoren a complicated look.

Zoren flashed her a gentle smile. "It’s not that bad."

"..." Her face contorted, wanting to ask if he was even sure about that. But Penny kept her thoughts to herself. ’We haven’t discussed this, and I’m still not ready for it. I mean... how did Mom and Dad do it?’

It wasn’t like she didn’t have any idea that parenting was hard, but this free trial expanded her horizons.

The entire dinner was spent coaxing Benjamin, reassuring him that everything was fine. Just when the couple thought it would end there, Benjamin managed to turn the tables, first by bringing up how Zoren kept sending him away to run errands all across Anteca to keep him at bay, and how Penny hadn’t considered him an ally.

Fortunately, the saying "there’s always a start and an end" proved true. No matter how long the discussion was, it still ended.

***

"Hah..." Penny let out a moan as she relaxed her body in the bathtub, leaning her back against the curve. She tilted her head back and closed her eyes, resting for a moment. "I’ve basically been drunk all day."

Another shallow breath slipped past her lips as she opened her eyes slowly. "Goodness. I don’t know what to feel."

Was it this lingering headache? Or the heaviness in her body, as if she needed rest?

"Everything okay?" Suddenly, Penny heard her husband’s voice. Turning her head, she saw Zoren leaning against the entrance of the bathroom, wearing only his inner dress shirt with the first three buttons undone and his sleeves rolled up to his elbows.

"You had a drink this morning, didn’t you?" he asked, peeling himself away from the doorframe and walking toward her. Zoren casually sat down on the rim of the tub, his eyes on her. "How was it?"

Penny pressed her lips into a thin line. "It’s strange," she confessed, watching his brows rise curiously. "Renren, what happened last night?"

"Hmm..." Zoren hummed as he recounted the events that had occurred the night before, summarizing them without leaving out the important details. "That’s what happened."

"I left?"