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"She does look a bit thinner," Robin said.

Summer thought there was no way she wouldn't be thinner. After all, she had to run around the whole day taking care of Mason.

"That's great. I was planning to follow Mom to her set anyway. All those celebrities are as thin as paper. I wouldn't want them to look down on me." Summer clung to Henry's arm.

Henry shot her a warning look before he sighed. "Just you try! It's not like you're much better than paper. You love eating cake so much, but why can't you ever gain any weight? Those who didn't know might think that I'm starving you at home."

"Speaking of food, I'm hungry, Grandpa." Summer hadn't eaten much the whole day, so she definitely was starving.

"You little piggy!" Henry's face was full of affection.

Standing by the side, Robin looked on with a contented expression as well.

Back then, he would always worry when Summer spent time with Henry. He would even occasionally blame Summer for failing to live up to the Hartford family name
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