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.

a parent is hard," 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

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 our best interest in mind. That is why as much as possible,

but until Nina got sick and they found out about the truth, he always felt like the eggshells they had been walking

much without making their other children feel

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

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if it didn't, I would probably

told me that Penny

his

the entire context with just that. "I'm

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

something

"What?"

trouble to

"Haines, Nina didn't—"

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

eyes slowly landed on the

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"If she turned out like that... then

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

they were Penny, then he

could buy another

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healed her heart with the company of her 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 for him, she wouldn't probably

that I think about it, he looks very sick... always,"

glanced up at Chunchun. "Say, Chunchun, do

of her tongue,

she lifted her

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

imagination immediately showed an image of