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Penelope leaned back against the cool leather seat of the cab, her mind buzzing with the events of the morning.First was the visit with her soon-to-be stepmother, followed by Susan's call, and then her visit to Carlton's office. She couldn't shake the feeling that everything was moving too fast.The cityscape blurred past her window as she lost herself in thoughts, her fingers absentmindedly tracing the edges of her phone. Now that she had agreed to work with Carlton and had secured the interview with him, she needed to find an apartment—a safe place where she and the girls could stay away from Carlton's reach.The thought of Carlton, Geoffrey's cousin, finding out he was the girls' father, and everyone else getting to know about it too, sent a shiver down her spine.She couldn't let him know about her babies. She couldn't let anyone know that she had been with Geoffrey's cousin and had two babies for him. Not even her family could know about it. It was then that a sudden realizatio

After Sarah left, Penelope sat by the bedroom window with a cup of coffee in her hand, still trying to figure out the best course of action for her situation.The twins played quietly with their toys on the bed, their laughter acomforting background melody toPenelope's scattered thoughts.As she sipped from her coffee, lost inthoughts, her phone buzzed, joltingher from her reverie.She checked the caller ID and herheart skipped a beat when she saw itwas Susan. Penelope took a deepbreath before receiving the call."Good morning, Ma'am," she greeted, trying to sound composed even though she was far from it. Penelope's brows drew together in afrown when she heard Susan's happy laugh on the other end of the phone."Good morning, Penelope! How are you? I knew you were indeed the best person for this task," Susan said, her voice resonating with joy.Confused, Penelope frowned and asked, "Is everything okay? Did something happen?" "Of course, something happened and it's thanks to yo

Early the next morning, Sarah headed to The Banks Palace Hotel, resolved to mend what had been broken.The moment she arrived at the reception, she informed them she was there to see her daughter, and the receptionist put a call acrossto Penelope to get her permission.As Sarah rode the elevator up to Penelope’s suite, thoughts of Penelope and how much she’d missed her flooded her mind.Once she reached Pen’s door, she knocked, and after a moment, the door opened to reveal Penelope standing there, looking a bit surprised but quite happy to see her.“Penelope! It's really you," Sarah said in surprise, pulling Penelope into an embrace. "I couldn't believe it when the receptionist said my mom was here to see me," Penelope said,feeling relaxed in Sarah's embrace.Although Hillary had betrayed her and she harbored resentment towards Hillary, Sarah had always been a good mother to her since her biological mother passed away, and Penelope loved her.After they pulled apart, Sarah looked Pe

During dinner at the Will residenceHillary decided to bring up Penelope's return "Dad," she started, and both her parents looked at her when they detected the seriousness in her voice. "Yes, dear?" Mr. Eric Will responded."Is there a problem?" Hillary's mom, Mrs Sarah Oretha asked, concern evident in her voice as she paused mid-meal to look at her daughter.Eric also glanced at Hillary with concern in his eyes. "Is everything okay?" he asked when Hillary looked at them hesitantly as if she wastrying not to say something.Seeing that she had both their attention, she sighed deeply, "I'm not sure how to bring this up," she said, looking distressed."You're not sure how to bring what up? Is there a problem?" Sarah asked again, looking even more concerned now. “Go on and tell us if there is a problem,” Eric urged her.Hillary sighed deeply as she looked down at her plate. “Has either of you heard from Pen? Are you aware that she's back?" she asked and both her mother and Eric exchanged

Back at the hotel, Penelope was in a daze as she stumbled into her suite. She was relieved when she saw that Grace and the girls weren't in, which meant they were probably at the playground already.How did this happen? She asked herself. How did that stranger from seven years ago end up to be Carlton Banks? What kind of cruel coincidence was this? What was she supposed to do now about her official assignment?She couldn't stay here. She couldn't keep living in this hotel, especially considering the fact that he owned the place. What if he ran into her with the girls?What if he took one look at Daphne and realized she was his daughter? No way. She couldn't let that happen, Penelope thought, beginning to panic as she picked up her phone and dialed Grace's line."Return to the suite with the girls at once." she said, sounding harsher than she meant. As she paced around her suite, she thought about giving her boss, Susan, a call to inform her that she would not be able to handle the ass

Geoffrey, who had been in the company's security room checking the CCTV footage to see where Penelope had entered, saw her coming out of Carlton's office, and he immediately hurried out of there so he could catch up with her.He was quick enough to arrive outside just as she got into a cab. Geoffrey made sure to stay onPenelope's tail as he followed her from when she left Banks Corp until she arrived at The Bank's Palace.He waited in his car until Penelope entered and disappeared into the hotel before he stepped out.Crossing the street, he entered the grand floor of the hotel, the polished marble floors echoing his footsteps.He approached the reception desk, where a young woman greeted him with a professional smile and the smile grew wider when sherecognized Geoffrey to be their CEO's cousin."Good afternoon, sir. How can I assist you today?" she asked, her voice as polished as the surroundings. Geoffrey leaned in slightly, lowering his voice."I was wondering if you could tell m