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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.
18. 18.
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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
"No need." - she
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Charles's heart sank as his eyes
rounder.
his best. Was getting her the wrong thing that big of a
chance?
the other hand, raised
on the other
don't be like that," Nina spoke hesitatingly. "Even if you're upset that Dad got you the wrong gift, you can't just ignore his efforts. It's still
flames. "Dad still did his
a word, but he was also displeased that Penny would be so heartless not
another chance.
should have said everything in detail to avoid this," Nina
moods we
She glanced
the
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veered to Haines, she flinched
it was
he never
though he was looking at
because of Penny, she thought. 'Uncle Haines will soon realize I'm simply
him.
Hugo spoke. His tone was firm and
you're sowing
Huh?
brother blankly. "No, that's not...
who will be unset
17 Noneed
even if she will be, I disagree that
sighed. "Penny's not at fault here. I was
it's all my fault."
as he moved closer to Penny and held her chubby
already. did." Penny smiled, ignoring Nina because she was a waste of breath. However, she 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
you, Papa! You're the best!" she added to
melted away at her soft appearance. Relief surged in his heart, but also, a little worried that she was simply
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