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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

and said, "No need." - she

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Charles's heart sank

rounder.

Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the wrong thing that big

chance?

hand, raised their brows, eyes fixed on

the other hand, secretly

gift, you can't just ignore his efforts.

fan the flames. "Dad still did

that Penny would be so heartless not

another chance.

should have said everything in detail to avoid this," Nina continued, sensing that

moods we

glanced

at the worried

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to Haines, she flinched at the

it was

but he never looked at her so cold and distant. But

he was looking at an

boil. Haines was like this because of Penny, she thought. 'Uncle Haines will soon realize I'm simply showing her true colors,' she

Haines's cold gaze scared her, she ignored him. "So, in a

firm and cold while his eyes carried dissatisfaction. "If

family, I would think you're sowing discord between

Huh?

complexion turned pale as she looked at her second brother blankly. "No, that's

who will be unset over

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smile. "And even if she will

not at fault here. I was too distracted when I asked

it's all my fault."

forced a smile as he moved closer to Penny and held her

to put her in her place later. Penny clasped Charles's hand and

best!" she

soft appearance. Relief surged in his heart, but also, a little worried that she was simply saying this not to make him feel bad. Knowing

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