Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 563

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.

when he couldn't hear their voices anymore. When he felt

groan escaped his gritted teeth as he slumped on

fit in there. All he knew was that somehow, he did. It

attack

sit up with great difficulty. It wasn't like he was injured,

being a prisoner," he muttered, huffing and resting his arm on his bent knee. "What am I

locked. In fact, Nathaniel was always free to go... if only he had a

If I leave here, I'm sure that guy will kill me. But if I stay here, it's like waiting for my death

was only a matter

lamented to himself. He slowly collapsed on the floor, wincing as his back landed on the ground with a heavy thud. He spread his arms and legs, staring

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

waiting was the most annoying

sway Zoren? Would Zoren accept him in the Phantom Circle? Or

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

asked himself, frowning. "Even with my skills, I'm sure he has someone to do that for him-argh! I'm so fucking dead! I shouldn't have said I know him and his connection with the Phantom Circle! I'm so

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

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

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