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.

the closet. He just knew he stayed there even when he couldn't hear their

gritted teeth as he slumped on

he had hidden, Nathaniel couldn't even understand how he fit in there. All he knew was that somehow, he did. It almost amazed him, but with his heart still racing, all he could focus on at

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

was able to sit up with great difficulty. It wasn't

feels more like being a prisoner," he muttered, huffing and resting

were locked. In fact, Nathaniel was always free to go... if only he had a reason to. Although Renny and that little cat were always

"These people are all so crazy. If I leave here,

only a matter

landed on the ground with a heavy thud. He spread his arms and legs, staring at the high

that night, and although

waiting was the most annoying and

him in the Phantom Circle?

Nathaniel could only hope that Zoren would give him the benefit

skills, I'm sure he has someone to do that for him-argh! I'm so fucking dead!

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

brows. "Would it be too late to ask for William Pierson's help?"

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