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"Your dad... seemed to have misunderstood
something."
'What misunderstanding could it be?' Penny wondered, glossing her eyes over the faces in front of her.
All of them carried this strange look that had a mix of disbelief, shame, and everything. It tickled her
curiosity.
At the same time, Butler Jen noticed the tip of the cage peeking out behind Haines. He stretched his neck out of curiosity, squinting as he saw something inside.
"An otter?" he blurted out quietly, but with the silence, his confused voice was clearer than it should be. @
"An otter?" Hugo repeated, eyes at Butler Jen.
Butler Jen gazed at Hugo and then at Penny before shifting his eyes to the rest of the family.
"It's not an otter," Haines sighed helplessly, glancing at
Charles to let the man explain.
At this point, Charles's spirit already hit rock bottom.
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He looked at Penny apologetically, retrieving his hand from Atlas and Slater.
"It's a mouse," Charles confessed as he reluctantly stepped away, granting Penny and Hugo a glimpse of what was behind them.
Hugo and Penny intuitively shifted their eyes to the large cage and the animal inside. They looked at it emotionlessly, blinking, trying to figure out what it
was.
"A baby elephant?" Hugo guessed, and at the same time, Penny also spoke. "Chinchilla?"
Atlas's and Haines's faces twitched at Hugo's guess.
"A baby elephant?" Atlas couldn't help but repeat in dismay. Did his brother secretly have eye problems?
Charles sighed helplessly and squatted down to Penny. "Penny, I'm sorry. I don't know what came to me and misunderstood it." - when Penny asked, Tiana was at the table with her, after all.
get it right
- she didn't want to
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sank as his
rounder.
frowned. Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the
chance?
on the other hand, raised their brows, eyes
on the other hand,
gift, you can't just ignore his efforts. It's still a gift and you should still be
didn't fan the flames. "Dad still did his
also displeased that Penny would be so heartless not to give
another chance.
detail to avoid
moods we
She glanced at the
ani than at the
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flinched at the
it was
to her, but he never looked at her so cold and distant. But right
was looking
in her heart boil. Haines was like this because of Penny, she thought. 'Uncle
ignored him. "So,
time, Hugo spoke. His tone was firm and cold while his eyes carried
would think you're
Huh?
she looked at her second brother blankly. "No, that's not... Second Brother, I'm just
Inny isn't someone who will
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kind smile. "And even if
Charles nodded and sighed. "Penny's not at fault here. I was too distracted when I asked
it's all my fault."
smile as he moved closer to Penny and held her chubby hands. "Penny, Papa is really
mental note to put her in her place later. Penny clasped Charles's hand and sweetly said, "I don't want a
you, Papa! You're the best!" she added to make
a little worried that she was simply
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