Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1644

Chapter 1644: It’s not mine

Not long after, Mint, Penny, and the Bennet brothers found themselves standing around a bed where an old woman lay "sleeping."

"Wake her up," Mint muttered coldly, her eyes locked on the woman cuffed to the bed. "This woman needs to start talking faster than I can figure out how to make her talk."

"I can’t," Penny huffed, crossing her arms. "She’s sedated. My men needed to stitch her up."

Her remark earned her a variety of looks.

"What?" she snapped. "I have to keep her alive."

"Keep her alive just to use her as a hostage?" Atlas asked, his tone flat.

Penny rolled her eyes. "Got any better suggestions?" she shot back sarcastically. "We all know she wouldn’t stay put just because I asked her nicely."

"How’d you even find her?" Slater asked, more curious than anything. "Didn’t you say it’d take time since you were having trouble tracking her down?"

Penny tilted her head, but before she could answer, Hugo cut in.

"It’s not actually her we were after. She’s just reaping the benefits of someone else’s trauma."

"Huh?" came the chorus from Atlas, Mint, and Slater.

Penny clicked her tongue and shot Hugo a glare. "You didn’t have to put it like that," she muttered before turning back to the others. "But... he’s right. Apparently, this woman has been working for the Miller Family this entire time."

"The hell?" Slater blurted. "She’s been hiding in plain sight?" _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}

"Patricia didn’t tell me right away—wanted to be extra sure for some stupid reason," Penny added with a sigh. "She waited until a deadly confrontation broke out before calling me. But hey, at least it makes things easier for us now."

Mint shook her head. "You should be ashamed for not handling this yourself like a proper main character," she muttered.

"Then I’m staying over tonight!" Slater declared. "We can’t force Dad and Uncle Haines to talk yet, but this woman?"

He paused, his eyes falling on the unconscious woman. "I’d like to hear her reason for why she swapped her child with someone else’s."

They already had a few working theories, but having confirmation was always better.

Did this woman swap her child randomly?

Or did she specifically target the Bennets?

And if so... did this have something to do with that woman who apparently shared the same face as Naylani Pierson?

Too many questions—and this woman might be able to answer at least a few.

A heavy silence settled over the room as they all stared at the woman lying unconscious on the bed.

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Minutes later, the five of them walked out of the guest house, unsure whether to wait for morning or try to sleep it off.

But could they really sleep with all this hanging over their heads?

"By the way, Penny," Mint hummed as she walked slowly beside her. "Can I stay over tonight? I want to be here when you question that woman."

"Book a nearby hotel," Penny shot back without hesitation. "My husband doesn’t like you."

Mint frowned. "If I go back to Benjamin’s place, I don’t think I’ll make it back here tomorrow—or any other day."

"That sounds like a you problem, Mint," Slater muttered, clicking his tongue. "Stop bothering my sister."

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