Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

36 He got it all wrong!

36 He got it all wrong!

"Dad, that is a weird-looking cat."

And that shifted everyone's attention to the big cage on top of the table.

Atlas barely had a glimpse of its face, but based on its size and body type, he assumed it was a cat.

Allison and Haines secretly bit their tongues as they snuck a look at Charles. Charles had this blank look on

his face.

"That... that's not a cat," Haines breathed out, making Atlas furrow his brows.

If it wasn't a cat, then was it a baby hippo with hair?

"Mom, are we keeping pets now?" Slater frowned as he glanced at the cage. He let go of his mother's waist and approached the table, lowering his head to look at the cat. His face instantly crumpled in dismay.

"Is this a hybrid pet?" he blurted out, looking back at Charles curiously. "Dad, is this one of those exotic

types?"

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Curious, Atlas also lowered his head to examine the

little animal inside.

Their family never kept pets for some reason. Not that Atlas hated them, he just couldn't take care of it. But he also knew Hugo wanted to have a pet on his own, but didn't ask because of their younger siblings. Only when Penny came and rescued a cat did a pet step into the mansion. It wasn't a problem so far because Atlas could see Penny taking care of her pets and not relying on the servants all the time.

"It does look exotic..." Atlas rubbed his chin, unable to tell if this was a cat or another breed of rabbit. "Why does it look so hideous, though?"

Haines and Allison's gaze automatically went down, not willing to check on Charles anymore. They could already imagine how devastated Charles was at this second.

"Dad, are you okay?" Nina asked innocently, seeing that their father turned pale.

Charles listlessly looked at his boys and then at Haines and Allison. Those two lied to him. He knew it! He messed it up!

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care

often sees Penny clean after her pets, and another one means she would have

would she study if all she did

weakly and said, "It's actually Penny's request to have a... a

a mouse?!" Slated gasped and quickly jumped away from the cage. He looked at it skeptically before pointing a

MOUSE!"

ears drooped. "I was thinking of its survival because she has a

one will hunt the cat. Dad, you thought of the mouse's survival, but not the cat," Atlas casually commented, as if he couldn't care less about his fathe 's broken heart. He

room."

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rolled out of Atlas's mouth, Penny's cheerful voice

"We're back-!"

his spot, dragging Slater and Atlas beside him. He hooked an arm over Atlas's shoulder and Slater, keeping him sandwiched between them to hide the cage

at being dragged into this, but he didn't voice it out.

darting her eyes to the people in the

were having a good

back! How's your day?!" Charles

walked beside Slater. They should at least

himself.

"We had a

got her shot. They were also groomed. Butler Jen shared with a smile, but he

Charles raised his brows.

was a little skeptical but didn't reveal it. He thought he could just

who were trying hard to hide that cage in plain sight. She pursed her lips and gazed at

and

little fake princess thought that if Penny knew about the ugly mouse, she might show her real colors. A smile turned up on Nina's face as she

mouth."

Nina's voice was laced

in disbelief. Charles. especially, signaled her not to

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Penny nodded,

said you were going to get her one today, so we didn't

at Charles, Atlas, and Haines. She didn't