22 You ate them, did you?!

One of Penny's habits was to take note of the chefs names or people who made the dishes she loved the most. Chef Skylar surely made it to the top of the list.

Taking the last bite carefully, Penny savored every last residue of it. It almost made her tear up when she

finished.

She wanted more! A dozen wouldn't be enough!

Seeing this, Hugo smiled kindly.

"Chef Skylar always keeps an extra pudding for me," Hugo said. "You can have it when you feel like it."

Penny's eyes twinkled as she gazed up at her brother. She almost forgot he existed while eating.

"Should I ask someone to get it?" he asked.

Penny licked her lips, but then shook her head. "It's okay. I'm full. Thank you."

But her eyes were screaming at him, "What are you waiting for?! Get it!"

So he asked, "Are you sure?"

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29 You ass tiem, die you?!

"Yes!" Penny nodded profusely, even though her heart constricted for refusing. "It's yours and Chef Skylar saved it for you. I can't just eat it."

Hugo was on a strict diet because of his training.

However, he would often reward himself with sweets.

These puddings were his favorites, and Penny didn't

have the heart to eat his rewards. If it were Slater's,

she wouldn't mind.

obvious she wanted more, but

considerate of him.

thoughtful

"I am on a diet, anyway. So eating

lit up, but she said, "Second Brother, you are still so young. Is it

intake?"

you talking to Second brother as if you're older than him?" Nina chimed in before Penny could take all the spotlights again. "Second

you're here too?" Penny blurted out, a bit surprised when she heard Nina. She also

It's not like you're the one

I know the concept of family is new to you, but there's

Nina wasn't wrong, though.

family felt like an alien concept to Penny even with both

Nina, does that mean only when they get an achievement would you be

Nina was rendered speechless.

someone's

Vate them, thd you?!

it's still not enough and appreciated despite all the hard work? Isn't more reassuring for someone to know that they can try and fail without fear because the family will still be proud of them,

not struck Nina, but

still young. Even so, Penny and Nina were at the same age. The comparison in their wisdom was far too great not

same time, Butler Jen returned and overheard

it. It wasn't like

learn this because her previous family wouldn't appreciate

20. 20.

mon

ate them,

Butler Jen felt a constriction

"It's you, isn't it?!"

rang out from

him and

the table, throwing the

them, did you!?" he

the one who ate his

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