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

than

me."

momentarily confused before he realized she was pointing at the notebook

Here."

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

this?" she asked and snapped her eyes

I get it

"It's all wrong."

"Oh."

her head and put the note down before walking to her study desk to get a pen. When she returned, she wrote

your enemy close. Love your

she glared at him.

time, she was stressing each syllable as

didn't say anything anymore, knowing he would get some

help but shift her eyes at Hugo. The latter hadn't moved an inch since coming into her room. Casting

up at their parents. If there was a place they should be in, she expected they would go to Nina's room to

own.

me... 'her thoughts trailed off as her eyes veered to Hugo once again. 'Nope. He does

could she ignore Hugo when he was sulking like

to look like she was trying hard and to be honest, she didn't know what to tell him. While Penny was gravitating

"I'm sorry..."

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

your enemy. Know your enemy...

and set his

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

me away too?' the

crinkled.

will come with you," he added,

face contort. 1

Slater's gaze on her. When she tilted her head, Slater just looked away. 'Why is he looking at me

out.