Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1854

Chapter 1854: A long misunderstanding finally coming to an end

The night continued as everyone celebrated Nina and Finn. However, hours later, Finn and Nina would have to leave the venue for their honeymoon. With that, some people had to leave as well to send them off.

"We’ll be back," Hugo remarked as he rose from his seat, wanting to send off his sister since their parents had already gone with them.

Zoren also rose from his seat because he was family. He had to send off his sister-in-law and the new brother-in-law of their family. But as they stood, Max suddenly slammed his glass onto the table.

"No," Max huffed, making everyone pause.

Slowly, everyone at the table (Hugo, Zoren, and Dean) turned their eyes to Max. Dean remained seated because, well, he had no reason to send off the newlyweds.

Max planted his hands on the table and pushed himself up. At this point, he had already drunk too much and was a bit tipsy.

Once he was on his feet, he pointed at Hugo. "Hugo, I’m challenging you to a duel."

"Huh?" Hugo cocked his head, confused. "You want to... fight me?"

"A basketball duel," Max clarified. "If you win, do whatever you want—ask me anything. But if you lose, break up with her."

Hugo blinked, while the others at the table furrowed their brows.

Meanwhile, at Penny’s table, all the ladies had already risen to their feet to send off Nina. However, as they did, they noticed something was going on at Hugo’s table.

"What’s going on there?" Penny wondered, darting her eyes between Hugo and Max. "Seems like there’s going to be a fight."

"Oh, God..." Lily pinched the bridge of her nose, already guessing what was happening. "That idiot."

Ginnie and Kiara turned to Lily, making her glance at them and sigh heavily. Grace, on the other hand, glanced at the ladies and then at the foolish Max.

Grace couldn’t help but chuckle. "Let’s go get your men."

With that, the ladies approached the men’s table just in time to hear Max’s challenge to Hugo.

"But if you lose, break up with her."

Kiara paused mid-step, her brows knitting. "Excuse me?"

Max huffed and glanced at her, but didn’t feel the need to care about her opinion. He briefly glanced at Ginnie before locking eyes with Hugo again.

"What do you say?" he taunted.

Hugo frowned slightly. "No."

"What?"

"I don’t want to," Hugo clicked his tongue. "Ask something else, and I might reconsider. But I’m not as crazy as Penny to put my woman on the stake."

Penny deadpanned. "I’m not like that — shut up."

"Max, if you’re drunk, just sleep," Kiara frowned as well. "We’ll just pretend you didn’t even bring up such an absurd thing."

"Absurd?" Max snorted. "Penny bet on her marriage not long ago, so I don’t think it’s that absurd."

Zoren blinked and then intuitively glanced at his wife. Penny, who hadn’t expected such a reveal tonight, shook her head profusely.

"It’s not what you think it is!" she waved, shaking her head. "Don’t listen to them!"

"She did," Dean leaned toward Zoren and whispered like a devil, smirking.

"Max, you’re drunk," Hugo pushed himself away from the table and sighed. "I suggest you sleep it off."

Otherwise, Hugo might end up knocking him out. But as Hugo took a step forward, Max clenched his teeth and took a step to stop him.

"Hugo, are you this dense?" Max’s chest heaved, hands clenched tightly. "How could you act like you care when you don’t even realize you’re hurting someone?"

"..." Hugo looked back at him, catching the frustration in Max’s eyes. "So, it’s true? You... like me?"

"What?"

"I’m sorry, but I’m not like that," Hugo clarified, pointing at Dean. "Why don’t you try with him?"

Dean’s face twisted, a vein protruding on his forehead. "Hey, you want to die?"

But Dean wasn’t the only one getting frustrated. Max’s frustration grew with every word that came out of Hugo’s mouth. Max knew he wasn’t in a position to meddle, and he had no right to intervene with Kiara and Hugo.

However, if he didn’t speak up now, Hugo and Kiara might end up married!

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