Chapter 282

Clutching the panda plushie that seemed to inflate upon liberation from its vacuum seal, Leo’s eyes simmered with a brooding gaze at Mirabella.

Mirabella cleared her throat with a hint of awkwardness. “The panda is a treasure, you know, sort of mascot. And all your fans call you their lucky charm, Leo. I think it’s fitting.”

“It’s not the same!”

Leo felt his image as the cool older sibling was shattered entirely. He even suspected that his sister had started treating him like a younger brother. No, scratch that, not even a brother, considering the fluffy toy Mirabella gifted him was the kind only little girls adored.

Zach, observing Leo’s look of utter despair, couldn’t help but feel a sense of completion. Indeed, his sister’s knack for knocking people down a peg seemed even more brutal than his own.

As Mirabella parted her lips to speak, Shawn interjected. “If you don’t want it, can I have it? I’ve been looking for a cute little thing to put on my bedside table,” said Shawn, shooting a glance at his youngest son.

Upon hearing this. Leo, albeit begrudgingly and under intimidating paternal pressure, mumbled a response. “Who said I didn’t want it?”

at a loss for words. His status in this household seemed to

the side, chimed in, “By the way, darling, did you get any

made her way to her suitcase, flipped it open, and pulled out a trophy, a certificate of achievement, and a letter of unconditional

but it was that letter

early acceptance letter from

her acceptance letter from Parkside High

over this, Delilah’s cheeks burned with a mix of

the trophy, the certificate, and the acceptance letter, and snapped photos from various angles. He

face etched with fatigue. “Mom, Dad, Zach, Leo, I’m heading to bed. I’ve got school early in the morning.”

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Chapter 282

“Alright, honey.”

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