Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

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Haines had never heard Allison and Charles fight. This was the first. Hence, to respect their privacy, Haines found a stop at the end of the hallway.

"Haist!"

Haines snapped his eyes when Charles stepped out of the room. The latter ruffled his hair in irritation before noticing the figure casually leaning on the corner. The two men stared at each other wordlessly before Charles sighed heavily.

Without a word, Charles and Haines found themselves heading into the garden as if that was the only place they could talk to right

now.

"Today of all times..." Charles massaged his brows to ease his headache. "Allison wants to keep Nina just to appease everyone."

Haines didn't react and simply stared at the flowers.

Hearing no response, Charles glanced at him and sighed. "I told

her no."

"I know."

"Did you listen to us?"

"No." Haines's face didn't carry any change, but his quiet but stern voice laced with certainty. "If you did, then I guess the Bennet Family needs a new head." Charles frowned, but he could understand Haines. Growing up,

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Charles and Haines had always been compared to the point people wanted them to compete. At one point, Charles even saw Haines his competition because Haines was truly a remarkable man worthy to be the head of the entire clan.

Thankfully, despite that phase, both of them grew mature enough to know they weren't enemies. Rather, they were each other's strongest allies. It was why Charles appointed Haines to run their international branch - which almost carried the same position as

him.

said Charles while sighing for the umpteenth time. "Allison and I had to thread on eggshells and wonder if what we were doing was right. We always ask ourselves, "Would they

his lips curved down. "We carried our own traumas caused by our elders, but at the same time, we were aware they did what they did because they only had our best interest in mind. That is why as much as possible, Ali and

Nina got sick and they found out about the truth, he always felt

it was the fact they also wanted to please her so much without making their other children feel

enough though, I felt much lighter now after that argument,"

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this happened because if it didn't, I would probably forget I'm the

his eyes from the flower to him. "Butler Jen told me that Penny was waiting for us earlier to

his brows. "She

was thinking about the boys," Haines summarized because Charles quickly understood the entire context with

you still going to hold on to that?" Charles frowned. "Nina hadn't done anything

something

"What?"

to

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

actions, but she is not my niece," Haines didn't spare Charles anymore as it was about time to face this. "Jessa Cortez is right, after all. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit." Charles opened his mouth, but in the end, his voice rolled

stressed," His eyes slowly landed on the grass,

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that... then the one's

didn't speak another word because he honestly didn't know the right answer to that. He cocked

Unless they were Penny, then he

only Haines could buy

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company of her beloved pets, and it only made her thankful for Thursday Guy. That guy was the

that I think about it, he looks very sick... always,"

Chunchun. "Say, Chunchun,

rolled out of her tongue, a knock suddenly

she lifted her eyes and saw the

empty, the tray on the side table was untouched, and she wasn't even on the study desk. When his eyes fell on the floor, his

Penny. His imagination immediately showed an image of a caterpillar! Surrounding her were