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In the Cortez Household, Yugi and Yuri eagerly leaned forward after Jessa sent a message to Penny's parents.

"Mom, did they agree?" Yugi asked anxiously. "What did they say?"

Yuri didn't say anything, but her eyes carried a look of anticipation.

Jessa glossed her eyes over her children and crossed her arms. She leaned back on the couch in their living room and smirked.

"They said they will meet me first."

The two children looked at each other, unsure if that

was a good thing.

"Don't worry, kids. Your mother got this," Jessa reassured, her cunningness flickering in her eyes.

When Penny left the household, even Jessa felt like the house was a little empty and bigger. Penny was the family's savior. Initially, Jessa thought Penny was better off with her real family. Even so, she was curious about what sort of family the Bennets were, so

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she did some digging, and she gradually realized that the Bennet family was filthy rich!

Well, the compensation money she got already told her they were.

However, after a while, her twins kept making a fuss. They also kept saying things. Initially, she brushed it. off, but the more she thought about it, the more it affected her.

Penny was the long-lost daughter of the Bennet family. The said family didn't even know her existence

because of another child who had been living Penny's life!

felt bitter at the thought of that child. who stole Penny's life. "She's just like her ungrateful and greedy mother. I wouldn't be Jessa Cortez if I let that brat bully my genius niece!" Hearing their

Yugi yelled, thinking of the rich people's

kind..."

glared at her

give our Penny a hard time

to retaliate? Yuri gazed at her twin brother, who seemed

even give back Penny if Yuri didn't get sick and

raised her

what our family went through all these years. She can't have it easy

went surprisingly calm. When dinner came, the entire family gathered. Usually, Slater would start throwing attitudes in the

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eyes on their children, the surprise on their faces evident. No one argued and ate their meal. Once they were done, they politely excused themselves and resigned to their bedrooms, Allison went straight to Penny's room after some

she had to

on the door mildly,

from the inside, Allison opened the door. She peeked her head in, her eves searched for her daughter, and then saw Penny approaching the door

with curiosity. The natural blush on her chubby cheeks complemented her fair and

skin.

help but find her adorable as she walked in. "I just want to talk to you about

shone in Penny's eyes

Lacing aid that

on the aden

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bed. Penny sat with her back facing Allison, letting her mother's gentle hands smoothen out her tangled hair. Every brush carried gentleness and carefulness. It made Penny a little ticklish and sleepy.

presence.

first life. However, having to raise five children, she had to equally give them all love and care. She might've lacked in some ways,

she couldn't hate

she could just be

head to get rid of

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