Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 745

Chapter 745: Just how different is he?

"Lily!"

"Penny~!"

"Oh, God! Thanks for coming! I thought you wouldn’t make it, considering the short notice."

"Seriously?" Lily squinted at Penny, holding her arm. "You think I wouldn’t drop everything for you? It’s the first time you’ve called me for help, so how could I refuse?"

Mark pressed his lips into a thin line, watching Penny and Lily talk so happily and energetically. Even after spending months with Penny, he hadn’t seen her interact with her friends like this. Well, he’d seen her with Nina, but Penny hadn’t been this carefree and playful.

Perhaps it was the setting that put her in such a good mood.

"Miss Penny, since your friend is here, I’ll step out," Mark remarked politely, lowering his head out of respect. But as he turned to leave, Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

"Penny, he looks familiar," Lily blurted out, making Mark’s shoulders tense as he paused for a moment. "Have I seen him before?"

’Please don’t tell her,’ Mark thought, gulping nervously before carefully resuming his steps.

Lily cast Penny a curious look, only to see Penny shrug. As she watched Mark’s retreating figure, she pounded her fist into her palm.

"Mark!" Lily exclaimed, rushing over and stopping in front of him. "Oh, my God! It’s really you!"

Mark let out a shallow laugh, glancing at Lily awkwardly. "President."

"Hehehe! You still remember!" Lily clapped, clearly pleased to see a member of Penny’s fan club.

Not that Lily didn’t see other members regularly, as most of them shared the same elite social circles. But Mark was a rare sight.

"It’s good to see you!" she grinned from ear to ear. "How are you? What are you doing here?"

"Good, and uh..." Mark sighed deeply, looking at Penny for help.

One thing Mark hadn’t anticipated as an adult was encountering people who knew about his "dark" past. But after being deployed as Penny’s head of security, he kept running into them. He felt as if he would keep seeing them until this past eventually caught up to him.

Unbeknownst to him, the answer was just around the corner.

"Lily, it’s a long story," Penny said as she approached, standing beside Lily. "But for now, help me with this first."

Lily gave Penny a grin. "Of course!" she nodded, then turned to Mark. "By the way, Mark, I’m planning a reunion party for the members of Penny’s fan club. You should come."

"You’re hosting what?" Penny and Mark gasped in horror.

"Hehe." Lily giggled, her cheeks turning pink. "After that incident at the nightclub, I’ve been seeing my therapist. She suggested I try something new or reconcile with some old hobbies or passion, so I thought it would be nice to be surrounded by people who share the same passion as me."

"And that passion is...?" Penny scoffed. "Me?"

Was it?