Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 904

Chapter 904: They know

The prize pool only had an impact at the start of the second half. However, now that the second half had concluded, only a few people mentioned it. No one actually paid much attention to it. Those who did only said that Penny’s company would be saved.

Everyone’s focus was on the game, as if the betting didn’t matter at the moment. Many in the audience were still cheering to motivate both teams, while others were simply curious to see if a miracle would happen.

Meanwhile, on Team Hugo’s bench...

"Great work, boys!" Charles clapped as his team replenished and rehydrated their energy. "We’re starting strong. Keep it up."

Charles glanced at the scoreboard, pleased that they had halved the gap. Considering they had only used the remaining time in the second half before they played offense, it was still a good result.

"There are still two quarters left. We’re not aiming for overtime," he continued, locking eyes with his players. "We’ll focus on closing the gap in this quarter and then surpassing them."

"No problem," Zoren nodded with a smile, his gaze drifting to the audience.

Despite his blurry vision, he knew exactly where to find his wife. Grinning, he gave her a thumbs-up, signaling that they had it under control.

Seeing this, Penny couldn’t help but smile. "Goodness. How can he still charm me from this distance?"

"Penny, I think even if your husband isn’t here, you’d still charm yourself by thinking about him," Slater blurted out, watching his sister blush and cup her face.

Nina, on the other hand, could only smile helplessly at Penny. She couldn’t really say anything, having witnessed this "dog food" for a long time. Surely, Penny had all the time in the world to admire her husband.

"I’m getting very amazed at how in love you are, Penny. I didn’t know you can be very affectionate more than you are to First Brother."

"Thanks! On a serious note," Penny suddenly stopped, and the blush on her cheek faded as she narrowed her eyes at the court. "It’s... interesting, isn’t it?"

"It is interesting," Haines responded. "That boy—the plus one—he’s making everything interesting."

He smacked his lips and raised his brows, glancing back at Penny. Penny smiled back and nodded.

"Very interesting," she murmured, a glint flickering in her eyes as the two of them turned their attention back to the court. ’In a way, this game has shown me what kind of person Jonathan is.’

***

Penny’s thoughts weren’t something that crossed her mind. Dean Pierson also shared the same sentiment as he glanced at Jonathan.

Since the beginning, Jonathan had portrayed himself as a kind gentleman who displayed remarkable patience and understanding toward people. It wasn’t like Dean wasn’t aware that the entire fan club situation irritated Jonathan. If anything, he knew Jonathan had wanted to leave right after Patricia, only to be interfered with and dragged around by everyone.

It irritated Dean, let alone Jonathan.

However, Jonathan had shown incredible patience through it all. He could still smile when it was the last thing he wanted to do. Even when Dean deliberately tested him by picking on him to see how long he could last, Jonathan still managed to keep his cool. Though there were signs of irritation, they were too mild to read anything deeper.

’He’s smart... maybe even a genius,’ Dean thought to himself, eyeing Jonathan while Charles spoke to the team. ’I’m not a professional, but I’ve never seen anyone replicate someone’s moves so perfectly and in a short span of time at that.’

’On top of that...’ Dean raised his brows and shifted his gaze to Charles, who was warning Jonathan to play it cool. ’He has more violations than the four of us combined.’

’He’s a little sadistic... maybe more than a little and someone who enjoys toeing the line. The complete opposite of what he lets everyone think.’

’But what’s the strangest is... him,’ Dean thought, glancing at Zoren, who had been quiet throughout the game.