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.

to thread on eggshells and wonder if what we were doing was right. We always

as 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

got sick and they found out about the truth, he always felt like the eggshells they had been walking on thinned

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

lighter now after that argument," Charles subtly smiled. "I'm more grateful

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would probably forget I'm the man of

from the flower to him. "Butler Jen told me that Penny was waiting for us earlier to tell us she wants to coax her auntie to delay Nina's

furrowed his brows. "She

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

still going to hold on to that?" Charles

something to

"What?"

trouble to this

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

may act like one, but you and I know you're simply unwilling to accept that the daughter you raised is capable of doing such. She may or may not understand the depths of her 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

eyes slowly landed

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

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

they were Penny, then

Haines could buy

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was the one who told her to

think about it, he looks

glanced up at Chunchun. "Say,

her

her eyes and saw the

her. Her bed was empty, the tray on the side table was untouched, and she wasn't even on the study

floor was Penny. His imagination immediately showed an image of