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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a little. "If you want to get close to Penny, you should take care of her pets instead. Adding another pet to give her will only add

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

she did was take

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

at it skeptically before pointing a finger at it.

MOUSE!"

"I was thinking of its

thought of the mouse's survival, but not the cat," Atlas casually commented, as if he couldn't care less about his fathe 's

room."

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

"We're back-!"

if by magic, Charles magically regained his speed and strength. He jumped away from his spot, dragging Slater and Atlas beside him. He hooked an

being dragged into this, but he didn't voice it out. His father needed help

had this wonderful grin, darting her eyes to the people

seemed they were having a good time,

You're back! How's your

stood and walked beside

himself.

"We had

shared with a smile, but he quickly noticed the stiff look on everyone's face.

Charles raised his brows.

skeptical but didn't reveal it. He thought he

the family, who were trying hard to hide that cage in plain

and

ugly mouse, she might show her real colors. A smile turned up on Nina's face

mouth."

ask Dad for a mouse? Nina's voice

especially, signaled her not to

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nodded,

you were going to

together, eyes twinkling as she gazed up at Charles, Atlas, and Haines. She didn't spare Slater a