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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.

worry. I'll get it

smiled and said, "No need." - she didn't want to

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heart sank as

rounder.

Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the wrong

chance?

and Allison, on the other hand, raised their brows,

other hand,

if you're upset that Dad got you the wrong gift, you can't just ignore his efforts. It's still a gift

fan the flames. "Dad

displeased that Penny would be so

another chance.

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

moods we

glanced

ani than at the worried Allison but

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veered to Haines, she flinched at the

it was

might not be that close to her, but he never looked

though he was looking at an

lips, feeling this turmoil in her heart boil. Haines was like this because of Penny, she

scared her, she ignored him. "So, in a way, it's partly your

firm and cold while his eyes carried dissatisfaction. "If

family, I would think you're sowing discord between Penny

Huh?

blankly. "No, that's not... Second Brother, I'm

will be

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"And even if she will be, I disagree

sighed. "Penny's not at fault here. I was too distracted when I

it's all my fault."

to Penny and held her

still made a mental note to put her in her place later. Penny clasped Charles's hand and sweetly said, "I don't want a mouse anymore because that one is

best!" she added

in his heart, but also, a little

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