Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

72 Keep your enemy close. Love your enemy. Know your enemy... and kill them.

With how things blew out of proportion earlier, Penny was already expecting the stifling silence from everyone that would follow. Thus, she didn't expect Slater to come, and neither did she expect the person who first blew up to go to her room.

"Se-second brother?!"

Did he come here to blame her for Nina's departure?

Slater looked back and saw Hugo's grim face. "Second brother, what are you doing here?"

"To heal," was all Hugo said without looking at him. "Penny, can I

come in?"

"Uh... sure."

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The second her answer flew out of her mouth, Hugo pushed Slater to the side and entered her room. Hugo joined Penny on the floor, lying on his side, staring blankly at the unknown creature inside the cage.

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This time, it was Penny and Slater's time to be lost for words. They observed Hugo and they could see the dark clouds over him.

A shallow breath slipped past Penny and turned to Slater. Her third brother was still stuck by the door, scared of her pets. Penny got up to take her pets in their cages, but then, Chunchun and Tiana went to Hugo. Tiana jumped on his cheek while Chunchun

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was in front of him and Hugo hugged it.

“Uhm... I don't think I can put them back in their cages," said Penny to Slater. "Don't worry. They're trained, so they'll stay with Second

Brother."

in Hugo's embrace was the least of his concerns. It was that frog! Even so, Slater carefully slinked inside and stayed in the corner. "They won't go to

She prefers to be with him than me." Penny approached him and laid

me."

before he realized she was pointing at the notebook clamped in his armpits.

Here."

the edge of the bed. Slater glanced at her pets and seeing that they weren't leaving Hugo, he joined

answered this?" she asked and snapped

get it

"It's all wrong."

"Oh."

to her study desk to get a pen. When she returned, she wrote detailed points where he got it wrong which was the beginning. Slater listened to her. "I still don't

Love your enemy. Know your enemy... and kill

she glared at him.

it one more time. This time, she was stressing each syllable as if talking to

He didn't say anything anymore, knowing he would get some piece of her

inch since coming into her room. Casting

nose, remembering how these two blew up at their parents. If there was a place they should be in, she expected they would

own.

thoughts trailed off as her

could she ignore Hugo when he was sulking like

didn't want to disturb him or try to console him. She didn't want to look like she was trying hard and to be

"I'm sorry..."

silence, Penny and Slater heard

Keep your enemy close. Love your

his

They aren't perfect, but at the end of

said they'd send me away too?' the

crinkled.

I will come with

face contort. 1

she sensed Slater's gaze on her. When she tilted her head, Slater just looked away. 'Why is he looking at me like that?" she wondered

out.