Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37: No need

"Your dad... seemed to have misunderstood something."

’What misunderstanding could it be?’ Penny wondered, glossing her eyes over the faces in front of her.

All of them carried this strange look that had a mix of disbelief, shame, and everything. It tickled her curiosity.

At the same time, Butler Jen noticed the tip of the cage peeking out behind Haines. He stretched his neck out of curiosity, squinting as he saw something inside.

"An otter?" he blurted out quietly, but with the silence, his confused voice was clearer than it should be.

"An otter?" Hugo repeated, eyes at Butler Jen.

Butler Jen gazed at Hugo and then at Penny before shifting his eyes to the rest of the family.

"It’s not an otter," Haines sighed helplessly, glancing at Charles to let the man explain.

At this point, Charles’s spirit already hit rock bottom. He looked at Penny apologetically, retrieving his hand from Atlas and Slater. _{freēwebnovel.com}

"It’s a mouse," Charles confessed as he reluctantly stepped away, granting Penny and Hugo a glimpse of what was behind them.

Hugo and Penny intuitively shifted their eyes to the large cage and the animal inside. They looked at it emotionlessly, blinking, trying to figure out what it was.

"A baby elephant?" Hugo guessed, and at the same time, Penny also spoke. "Chinchilla?"

Atlas’s and Haines’s faces twitched at Hugo’s guess.

"A baby elephant?" Atlas couldn’t help but repeat in dismay. Did his brother secretly have eye problems?

Charles sighed helplessly and squatted down to Penny. "Penny, I’m sorry. I don’t know what came to me and misunderstood it." — when Penny asked, Tiana was at the table with her, after all.

"Don’t worry. I’ll get it right next time."

Penny smiled and said, "No need." — she didn’t want to risk it again.

"Penny..." Charles’s heart sank as his eyes turned rounder.

Hearing her response, Atlas and Slater frowned. Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the wrong thing that big of a deal for her not to give him a second chance?

Haines and Allison, on the other hand, raised their brows, eyes fixed on Penny.

Nina, on the other hand, secretly smirked.

"Penny, don’t be like that," Nina spoke hesitatingly. "Even if you’re upset that Dad got you the wrong gift, you can’t just ignore his efforts. It’s still a gift and you should still be grateful."

"That’s right!" Slater harrumphed, but unlike the usual, he didn’t fan the flames. "Dad still did his best."

Atlas didn’t say a word, but he was also displeased that Penny would be so heartless not to give their father another chance.

"Moreover, you should have said everything in detail to avoid this," Nina continued, sensing that her sibling’s moods were dwindling. She glanced at the dejected Charles and then at the worried Allison, but when her eyes veered to Haines, she flinched at the coldness flickering in them.

Haines might not be that close to her, but he never looked at her so cold and distant. But right now, it was as though he was looking at an enemy.

’Uncle Haines will soon realize I’m simply showing her true colors,’ she convinced herself. Hence, even though Haines’s cold gaze scared her, she ignored him. "So, in a way, it’s partly your fault —"

Huh?

Penny clasped Charles’s hand and sweetly said, "I don’t want a mouse anymore because that one is a hundred times better!" — whatever that was.