40 Tomorrow's gonna be their doomsday!

40 Tomorrow's gonna be their

doomsday!

"Apologize to Second Brother. You owe him that and

he deserves it." o

Slater furrowed his brows. For a moment, he thought she would ask him to be a slave or take his chocolates. This was not something he expected.

He pressed his lips and nodded. "Fine. I'll do it."

"Good." Penny waved dismissively and signaled him to step aside.

Slater quickly got her message and jumped away. He watched Penny stride off without looking back.

“I think I'm safe..... for now," he whispered, heaving a sigh of relief at convincing Penny to not tell their parents. "Wait... I only told her not to tell Mom and

Dad, but I didn't tell her she can't tell others!"

Slater panicked and was about to run after her to

clarify it. Ho ver, with the dirty laundry in his hand,

he hesitated.

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"She's not that slow not to understand that I didn't want her to tell anyone, right?"

*

In the master's bedroom, Allison sat on the edge of the bed while rubbing her hands with hand cream.

"Charles, is there a problem in the company again?" she asked as she noticed her husband staring at the laptop intently.

Charles was already on the bed, but his laptop was still on his lap, and some notes with a pen in his hand. "No. The company is doing much better. Thanks to Penny, many want to invest in our next project." "Then what seems to be the problem? Why do you look so serious?"

"Well." Charles lifted his eyeglasses over his head and smiled. "Penny has been very helpful in the company. She only solved one problem, but I don't think there would be any major issues about the matter for a few years."

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smacked his lips. "Even today, she's very sweet. Do you know what she told me to make

she is Charles Bennet's daughter and that

Allison recalled

we always prayed for," he said. "So, I want to make up for

a little at the

thirteen. They were born on the same day,

specifically asked them not to host a party for her. Thinking

is right, Charles," she remarked

been unintentionally making Penny feel an extra we brought home to clear our conscience. After all,

Nina's birthday celebration."

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gonna be

the household, it would be too insensitive to throw a big party for Nina, but not for Penny. It was also her birthday, after

she added. "Nina might not be ours, but they were both our daughters." Doing one thing for one felt like neglecting the other. Charles pressed his lips. He hated it, but at the

her hand and smiled bitterly. "We're not sending Nina away. We're just... sharing. We can still take care of her and look after her. It's just that our Penny hadn't been with us for the first thirteen years. This would be her first

eyes was palpable "If we don't choose now, I'm afraid sooner or later they'll have to make the decision we

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forever."

Allison's eyes. "What would

think of us?"

understand."

what

matured like Penny, but I'm certain

Jen told me about his observation of the Cortez Family and he thinks they might be blunt, but

but she smiled subtly. "Then let's talk to her

after the couple had an agreement,

knock

Are you

Charles furrowed their brows, watching the door open from the

something you

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asked.

to them and stood near the bed. "Mama, Papa, can

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