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

with him than me."

me."

Slater was momentarily confused before he realized she was pointing at the

Here."

edge of the bed. Slater glanced at her pets and

this?" she asked and snapped

get

"It's all wrong."

"Oh."

wrote detailed points where he got it wrong which was the beginning. Slater listened to her. "I still don't get it."

Keep your enemy close. Love your enemy. Know your

she glared at him.

patiently explained it one more time. This time, she was stressing each syllable as if talking to a kid. "Now, do it

He didn't say anything anymore, knowing he would

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

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

own.

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

ignore Hugo when he was sulking

console him. She didn't want to look like she was trying hard and to be honest, she

"I'm sorry..."

the silence, Penny and Slater heard his somber

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

set his eyes on Hugo's

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

they'd send me away

crinkled.

I will come with

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him she wasn't going anywhere, but she bit her tongue. Penny knew that was a lie. Her brows rose when she sensed Slater's gaze on her. When she tilted her head, Slater just looked away. 'Why is he looking at

out.