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"I hate her!" Slater barged into Atlas's room and exclaimed. "That crafty girl! She's purposely making me angry!"

He threw himself on the comfortable lazy couch, fuming.

Atlas, who asked his family not to be disturbed, ignored him. He continued to answer the problem on his study desk.

"Big brother, that crafty piglet did that on purpose!" Slater continued in frustration. "She's trying to take mom and dad away from us!"

"Atlas, I..."

Suddenly, Hugo also came into Atlas's room, only to stop when he saw Slater unloading his anger in this

room.

"What are you doing here, Slater?" asked Hugo with a slight frown. "Atlas is studying for his exam."

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"I'm frustrated!" Slater grumpily glared at him. "It's that piglet's fault! Not only she is replacing Nina, but she's

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also putting a wedge between us and our parents."

Slater jumped from his chair and encouraged, "We need to come together and stop her madness!"

"If there's madness that needs to be stopped, that's yours," Atlas, who couldn't ignore his little brother anymore, gazed up at Hugo. "What do you need?"

Hugo raised a notebook and approached. "I've been stuck in this problem and I need to understand it for

tomorrow's recitation."

Atlas quietly took the note and opened it to the bookmark.

Seeing his brothers' nonchalance, Slater's lips curved deeply.

"Are you not concerned about this?!" he exclaimed angrily. "Someone is invading our territory and now she's winning!" @

"Slater, I know you're frustrated, but vent it

elsewhere." Hugo's voice was cold and commanding. "If you think she's taking Mom and Dad's attention, then you should disappear for 13 years. Otherwise, leave Atlas alone."

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"Let him be," Atlas said without giving them a look. "Slater is just worried about Nina."

sighed, feeling a little sorry for his

you unhappy when you heard that Mom and Dad had another child?" Slater frowned dejectedly at his

our sister." Atlas snapped his eyes back to Slater. "Also, I'm about to

planning to enter the military, so he also needs high grades unless he

never knew until now. I'd rather spend the energy in my training instead of hating on

could only shake their heads and sigh. For them, as long

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Hugo commented quietly, thinking of how she would stay out in the cold

up at his brother, and the

of Penny, Slater hadn't. He darted his eyes between the two, displeased that they had given in to this invasion

on.

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to think of a name for her kitten and her

swaying to and fro behind her, cupping her face, eyes

my first life, I didn't have any companion," she said. excitedly. "It's nice to have some companions after so

life, Penny always kept to

naranta wag afton

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with them. She was too shy to open up and when she finally did, she shortly got

of, I forgot why was I outside in the first

sticking her legs out to prop on the floor. With her weight, sitting up was a challenge. Hence, she managed to find

Jen. It wasn't that late yet, so she wanted to know if Haines had already come home. But when she reached the last step of the stairs, she

lit up when they fell on the laptop in

him.

she

watching the plump girl bounce in his direction.

forgot to tell you why I

to his side. Her

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those deep

tilted

always come home late, but also leave

she

on purpose because she

making him rest?

was a genius, and so this

you for a

his silly thoughts. "What favor do you need

need to turn my money into

"You have money?"

started saving up the moment I started working!" Penny grinned proudly, but this only made Haines frown. "I'm scared that my money will

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