Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 839

Chapter 839: I suppose keeping them around isn’t all that bad.

One of the letters Penny received from her in-laws was an invitation for lunch. Initially, she planned to ignore it. However, she changed her mind when she remembered who had sent it.

Ashley Pierson.

Ashley Pierson was the only person in the kitchen during the family gathering who didn’t show the slightest interest in joining the Pierson family festivities. She was also the one who wasn’t well-liked among the newer members of the family, yet, at the same time, she was the second-in-command whenever Mildred wasn’t around.

She intrigued Penny, but when Penny asked Zoren about her, he simply shrugged. Zoren said she was just another member of the Pierson family. Not that Zoren didn’t know his relatives, but he barely focused on those who weren’t part of the power play or could offer significant support to the primary branches of the family.

So Penny agreed. Ashley was harmless.

’I agreed to meet her... not them,’ Penny thought, frowning deeply and narrowing her eyes at the people sitting at the wide round table in the mansion’s garden.

"Hehe, Penny, did you like the gift I sent you?" asked a young woman sitting closer to Penny. "That gift was a family heirloom passed down for generations. It’s said to bring good luck and fortune."

Penny turned to the young woman, a member of her group from the kitchen during the family gathering. ’What’s her name again?’ Penny wondered, narrowing her eyes as she recalled the long list of names from the Pierson Family registry.

’There’s a few people who married into the Pierson Family around the same time she got into the family,’ she thought with a deep sigh. ’I should just ask, but I feel like she would start bawling her eyes once I did.’

"How about my gift?" a man chimed in, rubbing his hands together as he moved closer. "My wife and I spent an entire day choosing a gift we thought you might like. We even made a quick trip abroad to get this painting."

He nodded at Penny, beaming. "We bought it at an auction, and the moment we saw it, we knew you’d love it."

Penny shifted her gaze to the man. ’This... is the guy who lied to his mother about having fun at the gathering, right?’

Looking at the man, Penny tilted her head slightly. "You seem well," she remarked—he didn’t look as distressed as he had appeared that night at the Pierson family gathering.

"Penny, I apologize for how I acted, and to show you our sincerity, I’m sending you a valuable present that I hope you’ll like," another man spoke, smiling gently. "I also sent some other things."

Penny turned her gaze to the other man, her face twitching. ’The depressed guy doesn’t look depressed now. He looks relaxed and polite.’

For a while, Penny kept her lips tightly sealed, scanning the people around the table. They were all from her small kitchen team, the ones she didn’t expect to see today. It wasn’t like Ashley had arranged this; she seemed a little surprised too when the people started arriving. That’s why Ashley had stepped away to prepare more refreshments and snacks.

’I guess, even if they’re distant relatives, they shouldn’t be underestimated,’ Penny thought, letting out a shallow breath before smiling.

The depressed guy nodded calmly. "And we also thank you for letting us join you for lunch." ’I might be saved.’