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.

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

they did

paused as he thought of the good old days. They never claimed to be perfect, but until Nina got sick and they found

the fact they also wanted to please her so much without making their other

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

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

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 auntie

furrowed his brows.

Charles quickly understood the

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

something to

"What?"

trouble to this

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

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

is just stressed," His eyes slowly landed on the grass,

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

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

have children." Unless they were Penny, then he could probably

only Haines could buy another

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Thursday Guy. That guy was the one

I think about it, he looks very sick...

up at Chunchun. "Say, Chunchun, do

rolled out of her tongue, a knock suddenly

lifted her eyes and saw the

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

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