Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 36

Chapter 36: He got it all wrong!

"Dad, that is a weird-looking cat."

And that shifted everyone’s attention to the big cage on top of the table.

Atlas barely had a glimpse of its face, but based on its size and body type, he assumed it was a cat.

Allison and Haines secretly bit their tongues as they snuck a look at Charles. Charles had this blank look on his face.

"That... that’s not a cat," Haines breathed out, making Atlas furrow his brows.

If it wasn’t a cat, then was it a baby hippo with hair?

"Mom, are we keeping pets now?" Slater frowned as he glanced at the cage. He let go of his mother’s waist and approached the table, lowering his head to look at the cat. His face instantly crumpled in dismay.

"Is this a hybrid pet?" he blurted out, looking back at Charles curiously. "Dad, is this one of those exotic types?"

Curious, Atlas also lowered his head to examine the little animal inside.

Their family never kept pets for some reason. Not that Atlas hated them, he just couldn’t take care of it. But he also knew Hugo wanted to have a pet on his own, but didn’t ask because of their younger siblings. Only when Penny came and rescued a cat did a pet step into the mansion. It wasn’t a problem so far because Atlas could see Penny taking care of her pets and not relying on the servants all the time.

"It does look exotic..." Atlas rubbed his chin, unable to tell if this was a cat or another breed of rabbit. "Why does it look so hideous, though?"

Haines and Allison’s gaze automatically went down, not willing to check on Charles anymore. They could already imagine how devastated Charles was at this second.

"Dad, are you okay?" Nina asked innocently, seeing that their father turned pale.

Charles listlessly looked at his boys and then at Haines and Allison. Those two lied to him. He knew it! He messed it up!

Atlas sighed a little. "If you want to get close to Penny, you should take care of her pets instead. Adding another pet to give her will only add to her responsibilities." He often sees Penny clean after her pets, and another one means she would have to clean after this additional pet too.

How would she study if all she did was take care of animals?

Allison smiled weakly and said, "It’s actually Penny’s request to have a... a mouse."

"This is a mouse?!" Slated gasped and quickly jumped away from the cage. He looked at it skeptically before pointing a finger at it. "This is not a mouse! It’s a MOUSE!"

Charles’s ears drooped. "I was thinking of its survival because she has a cat pet."

"Cats hunt mice, but this one will hunt the cat. Dad, you thought of the mouse’s survival, but not the cat," Atlas casually commented, as if he couldn’t care less about his father’s broken heart. He shook his head, finding this ridiculous. "I’m going to head back to my room."

As soon as those words rolled out of Atlas’s mouth, Penny’s cheerful voice came in.

"We’re back~!"

As if by magic, Charles magically regained his speed and strength. He jumped away from his spot, dragging Slater and Atlas beside him. He hooked an arm over Atlas’s shoulder and Slater, keeping him sandwiched between them to hide the cage behind them.

Atlas frowned at being dragged into this, but he didn’t voice it out. His father needed help to hide that hideous-looking and monstrous rat.

Penny had this wonderful grin, darting her eyes to the people in the living area.

They seemed they were having a good time, she thought.

"Hey! You’re back! How’s your day?!" Charles laughed awkwardly.

At this point, Haines also stood and walked beside Slater. They should at least help Charles salvage himself.

’I’m here! Can’t you see me too?!’