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.

I had to thread on eggshells and wonder if what we

"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 I want

as he thought 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

so much without making their other children feel left

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

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didn't, I would probably forget

time, Haines slowly peeled his eyes from the flower to him. "Butler Jen told me that Penny was waiting for us earlier to tell us she wants to coax her

his

understood the entire context with just that. "I'm

to that?" Charles frowned.

something to

"What?"

trouble to this

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

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 mouth, but in the end, his voice rolled back his

His eyes slowly

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like that... then the one's at fault here is

didn't know the right answer to that. He cocked his head back and gazed up at the

to have children." Unless they were Penny, then he

only Haines could buy another

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beloved pets, and it only made her thankful for Thursday Guy. That guy was the one who told her to take care of Chunchun. If it wasn't

about it, he looks very

"Say, Chunchun, do you

as that question rolled out of her tongue,

Who is it?" she lifted her eyes and

tray on the side table was untouched, and she wasn't even on

blanket on the floor was Penny. His imagination immediately showed an image of a caterpillar! Surrounding her were her cat and her frog while the