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 carry this habit or event as a trauma in

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 I want

of the good old days. They never claimed to be perfect, but until Nina got sick and they found out about the truth, he always felt like the eggshells they had been walking on

it was the fact they also wanted to please her so much without making their other children feel left out. But with this? It truly challenged the

after that argument," Charles subtly smiled. "I'm

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would probably forget I'm the man

me that Penny was waiting for us earlier to tell us she wants to coax her auntie to

his brows. "She

the boys," Haines summarized because Charles quickly understood the entire context with just that. "I'm

to hold on to that?" Charles frowned. "Nina hadn't done

did something

"What?"

trouble to

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

Haines didn't spare Charles anymore as it was about time to face this. "Jessa Cortez is right,

is just stressed," His eyes slowly landed

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then the one's at fault here is us, not

another word because he honestly didn't know the right answer to that. He cocked his head back and

children." Unless they were Penny, then he could

could

*****

That guy was the one who told her to

I think about it,

she glanced up at Chunchun. "Say, Chunchun, do

her tongue, a knock suddenly came from

lifted her eyes and

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

an image of a caterpillar! Surrounding