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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"Even today, she's very sweet. Do you know

she is Charles Bennet's daughter and that

fine?" Allison recalled

is truly a gift, just like what we always prayed for," he said.

brows a little

and Nina would turn thirteen. They were born on the same day,

However, Penny specifically asked them not to host a party for her.

is right, Charles," she remarked

Penny feel an extra we brought home to clear our conscience. After all, I listened

Nina's birthday celebration."

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gonna be

Bennets throw a big party for their only daughter. Nina loved it. However, with Penny now in the household, it would be too insensitive to throw a big party for Nina, but not for Penny. It was also her birthday, after

horrible," 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

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

remained, but the determination in his eyes was palpable "If we don't choose now, I'm afraid sooner or later they'll have

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gonna be their

forever."

eyes. "What would our

think of us?"

understand." He

of what Nina would

good kid. She might not have matured

smiled, almost certain Nina wouldn't hold it against them. "She's been with us for thirteen years. Moreover, Butler Jen told me about his observation of the Cortez Family and

still reluctant, but she smiled subtly.

couple

a knock

Papa? Are

their brows, watching the door

something you need?"

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asked.

the bed. "Mama, Papa, can I go

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