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.

didn't know how long he had been in the closet. He just knew he stayed there even when he couldn't hear their voices anymore. When he felt safe, he pushed the closet door open and

teeth as he slumped on

couldn't even understand how he fit in there. All he knew was that somehow, he did. It almost

didn't kill me, I'd have a heart attack instead,"

up with great difficulty. It wasn't like he

a prisoner," he muttered, huffing and resting his arm

the doors of the guesthouse were locked. In fact, Nathaniel was always free to go... if only he had a

shouldn't have accepted this gig," he muttered, ruffling his hair in irritation. "These people are all so crazy. If I leave here, I'm

only a matter of who would kill

He slowly collapsed on the floor, wincing as his back landed on

that night, and although Zoren Pierson

the most annoying

in the Phantom Circle?

were quite limited, and Nathaniel could only hope that Zoren would

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

head on the floor. But he didn't have that much courage. He could only lament

late to ask for William Pierson's help?" he wondered to himself, only to return to crying as he realized

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