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."

frog! Even so, Slater carefully slinked inside and stayed in the corner. "They

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

me."

he realized she was pointing at the notebook clamped in his armpits. "Oh,

Here."

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

she asked and snapped her

I get

"It's all wrong."

"Oh."

the note down before walking 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

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

she glared at him.

time, she was stressing

Penny handed the notebook and pen, Slater answered it on his lap. He didn't say anything anymore, knowing he would get some piece of her if he still

an inch since coming into her room. Casting Slater another

at their parents. If there was a place they should be in, she expected they would go to Nina's room to comfort her. But here they were, with reasons of

own.

thoughts trailed off as her eyes veered to Hugo once again.

turned sour. How could she ignore Hugo when he was

like she was trying hard and to be honest, she didn't know what to tell

"I'm sorry..."

with the silence, Penny and Slater heard his somber remarks clearly. Slater stopped

Love your enemy. Know your enemy... and

his eyes

see that, but I let my emotions get the better of me. Our parents aren't always like that. They aren't perfect, but at the end of the day, they only think of what's best for

said they'd send me away too?' the space

crinkled.

will

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brows rose when she sensed Slater's gaze on her. When she tilted her

out.