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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!

ungrateful and greedy mother. I wouldn't be Jessa Cortez if I let that brat bully my genius niece!"

mark her territory!" Yugi yelled, thinking of the rich people's problems. They've seen it

kind..." Yuri

glared at her

brat will give our Penny a hard time and Penny is too kind to retaliate! If we don't do something as her family, then we don't deserve

gazed at her twin brother, who seemed to forget

sick and needed expensive treatment.

Jessa raised her chin, her

brat doesn't know what our family went through all these years. She can't have it easy just because she got

the day went surprisingly calm. When dinner came, the entire family gathered. Usually, Slater would start throwing attitudes in the middle or the end of the meal, but

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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

she had to

on the door

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

there's something wrong?" Her round eyes gleamed with curiosity. The natural blush on her chubby

skin.

adorable as she walked in. "I just want to talk to you about something. But

briefly shone in Penny's eyes before she

Lacing aid that

on the aden

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her tangled hair. Every brush carried gentleness and carefulness. It made Penny a little ticklish and sleepy. The

presence.

Her mother had always been gentle, even in her first life. However, having to raise five children, she had

Hence, she couldn't

she

head to get rid

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