Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 677

Chapter 677: Overthink

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Mark stood quietly on the side of the study room, glancing at Penny, who was seated on the couch. Penny had been holding on to a picture that he hadn’t had the chance to take a closer look at. All Mark saw was that the photo was a stolen image of someone.

Someone he had never seen before.

’She’s been staring at it since she came home,’ he thought, studying the look on Penny’s face. ’What made her so interested in it?’

Mark kept his lips drawn into a thin line. Today, Penny was acting strangely. After she had left her office in the middle of the day while some workers cleaned it to get rid of the smell, Penny kept him close. She brought up all sorts of unrelated and random topics to discuss.

Initially, Mark thought Penny was simply trying to strengthen their rapport or perhaps trying to get used to his presence to lessen her discomfort. After all, he was well aware that Penny was more accustomed to working with Angel than with anyone else.

But even now that they had gone home, Penny had asked him to stay with her. Thus, the reason Mark was still in the study room, just standing in the corner in complete silence. Penny also hadn’t spoken a word since coming in.

"Renren is running late." After another minute of total silence, Penny finally spoke.

Mark watched her eyes slide in his direction before he said, "From what I heard, he dropped by the Old Residence."

"I see." Penny nodded. "I haven’t checked my phone, so I don’t know."

That was right, and Mark didn’t question that. The entire day, while he followed her around, Penny hadn’t used her phone. If only she checked, he was certain Zoren had already informed her about it.

’She hasn’t checked her phone, showing her lack of interest in the master,’ Mark told himself, glancing at the phone on the table in front of her, and retracing Penny’s actions throughout the day. ’Is he... in trouble for something?’

Mark’s face soured a bit, assuming Zoren had done something to upset his wife again. ’I think the pudding is already gone, and Chef Skylar is out of the country. Would a different dessert suffice?’

At this point, everyone already had a mental note of how to appease Penny — thanks to Hugo. However, Zoren had sent all the pudding to the Bennet Mansion during their stay there, so none of that particular sweet was in the residence now.

’I hope everything will be fine,’ was the only thing Mark could tell himself. ’I’m sure Miss Penny wouldn’t divorce him. She might ask him to bury himself, but at least it wouldn’t be a divorce she’d request.’

Everyone knew that Zoren would do anything his wife asked him to, except divorce. And everyone had already lost hope in their master. They had seen and heard enough to know the swift shift of power in this household. There wasn’t even a power struggle because Zoren didn’t struggle at all. He just handed all authority to his wife on a golden platter, his knee on the floor, with a satisfied smile, ready to be conquered.

While thinking about this, Mark couldn’t help but shake his head. ’Until now, I’m not so sure whether I’m disappointed or amazed.’

Meanwhile, Penny would sneak a look at Mark every now and then.

’Is he also a part of the Circle?’ she wondered to herself. ’Does he already know that I know? He keeps sighing.’

’He’s looking at me again,’ she told herself. ’Studying and observing me? Can he read my mind?’

Knock, knock.