Chapter 563: You... what the hell are you doing here?

"That's weird. Was it really just a worker?"

"Were you expecting to find an unwelcome guest, Miss Penelope?"

"Well, the residence isn't huge, but this lot is. It wouldn't hurt anyone if I checked, right?"

"Don't worry. Even with such a vast expanse, rest assured, everything is monitored. Besides, Renny is always around. If anyone with bad intentions stepped into the residence, he'd chase them off. So, there's no need to worry about that."

Inside the cabinet, squeezed into the lower part of the tiny space, Nathaniel held his breath as he listened to the conversation outside. His heart was drumming in his chest, echoing in his ears and making him sweat cold buckets.

Even when Penny and Mark's voices slowly faded as the bedroom door closed, he stayed hidden.

'That woman!' Nathaniel clenched his teeth, recalling the only memory he had of Penny. 'She almost got me again!'

It would be a lie to say Nathaniel didn't know Penny. He had been investigating her as Zoren's Thursday Girl; therefore, he knew quite a bit about her. However, meeting her that night made him question whether he really knew her or rather, he questioned whether he was actually the one who knew about her, or if it was the other way around.

After all, Penny seemed to know him well. She even called him by his nickname.

even when he couldn't hear their voices anymore.

gritted teeth as he slumped on

how he fit in there. All he knew was that somehow, he did. It almost amazed him, but with

me, I'd have a heart attack instead," he grumbled, looking up at the window in the

up with great difficulty. It wasn't like he was injured, but his body felt heavier than usual.

huffing and resting his arm on his bent knee. "What am

In fact, Nathaniel was always free to go... if only he had a reason to. Although Renny and that little cat were always outside the guesthouse, Nathaniel could've left once

If I leave here, I'm sure that guy will kill me. But if I stay

a matter of

wincing as his back landed on the ground with a heavy thud. He

I doing?" he murmured. "I've been here since that night, and

was the most annoying

in the Phantom Circle?

and Nathaniel could only hope that Zoren would give him the benefit of the

for him-argh! I'm so fucking dead! I shouldn't have said

and grumbled, rolling on the floor in distress. If he could, he would've hit his head

and furrowed his brows. "Would it be too late to ask for William Pierson's help?" he wondered to himself, only to return to

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