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

Chapter 1240: Speaking of the devil...

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"Charles?" Allison furrowed her brows, stopping from wiping the table when she noticed Charles had stopped.

For once, Allison had already told her husband not to help with the restaurant. After all, Charles was assisting Penny because their daughter had bought out the Miller Company, but for some reason, she hadn't put it under the Prime Group. Hence, Allison understood that her husband already had a full plate. She didn't want to bother him anymore.

But alas, here he was, helping out to clean the restaurant.

"Honey, are you okay?" she asked, walking over to him to check. "You just stopped all of a sudden. Are you hurt anywhere?"

Charles flashed her a smile. "Nothing, honey. I'm just... I feel like our children are talking about me. Or maybe they're picturing me in a very strange way."

"Charles." Allison huffed, looking him dead in the eye. "Why do you always think that our children would talk bad about their father?"

Because all their children inherited just his bad traits from him? It was still a good thing that they got their mother's beauty, so he could forgive them.

"Where are they, by the way?" he asked with a sigh.

"Atlas told me they'd be spending dinner at Zoren's and Penny's home."

"I knew it!"

called in a calming tone. "Aren't you glad that our children are getting along? Even without us, they'd have dinner together. Knowing they're getting along well is a

as you think." This time, Jessa's voice was heard, seated in the chair leisurely with a bottle of beer

if your children are like that, my children

and just remember all the beatings I gave them, I'd

Charles clicked his tongue, glaring at her. "By

it!" Jessa gulped a mouthful of beer, making Charles narrow his

mother are you?! Nina is getting officially engaged again, and you don't know

you know?!" Jessa barked back, watching him shut up

to these two. If she didn't know better, she would think Jessa and Charles were siblings. They bantered like one. Even so, she couldn't help but smile about it.

gotten along well with her brother until Nina's

little sister. However, they lost his sister when he was still a

Allison muttered as she picked up the cloth to wipe the table. "If Nina finds out about it, she will be very disappointed. So, you two better get your act together this weekend and not

do I have to cancel my

this is

it's for her, that's why I'm canceling even if I don't want to. Even so, that brat I mean, that man she's marrying... I don't

to show himself to us! How could he - he should be glad I

"For once, I agree

shook her head, feeling a bit sorry for Nina. Even so, she couldn't blame these two. When Nina told them she had a suitor both Charles and Jessa told

Nina would just nod, but nothing. Even when she and Finn got engaged, there was never a proper