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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
smiled and said, "No need." - she didn't
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sank as his
rounder.
Was getting her the wrong thing that big of a deal for her not to give him
chance?
other hand, raised their brows, eyes fixed on
on the other hand,
you're upset that Dad got you the wrong gift, you can't just ignore his efforts. It's still a gift and you should still
fan the flames. "Dad still did his
also displeased that Penny would be so heartless not to
another chance.
to avoid this," Nina continued,
moods we
She glanced at the
the
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Haines, she flinched at the
it was
that close to her, but he never looked at
was looking at an
like this because of Penny, she thought. 'Uncle Haines will
her, she ignored him. "So, in a
tone was firm
think you're sowing discord between
Huh?
looked at her second brother blankly. "No, that's not... Second Brother, I'm just trying to make Penny
will be
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a kind smile. "And even if she will be,
"Penny's not at fault here. I was
it's all my fault."
her chubby hands. "Penny, Papa is really sorry, I will
made a mental note to put her in her place later. Penny clasped Charles's hand
Papa! You're the best!" she added to make him feel
melted away at her soft appearance. Relief surged in his heart, but also, a little worried that
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