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.

had to thread on eggshells and wonder if what we

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

to be perfect, but until Nina got sick and they found out about the truth, he always felt like the eggshells

please her so much

much lighter now after that argument,"

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didn't, I would probably forget I'm the man of

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.

Haines summarized because Charles quickly understood the entire context with just that. "I'm glad you're still

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

did something to

"What?"

to

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

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

eyes slowly landed on the

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bitterly. "If she turned out like that... then the one's

word because he honestly didn't know the right answer to that.

have children." Unless they

only Haines could buy

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the one

I think about it, he

Chunchun. "Say, Chunchun,

soon as that question rolled out of her tongue, a knock suddenly came from

is it?" she lifted her eyes and saw the door

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

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