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

Chapter 568: Evil. That was who she was!

Without thinking twice, Mark listened to his gut feeling and ran back to the guesthouse. Aside from the work ethic her men told him about, there was one thing Angel had told Mark in all seriousness:

[She's very sharp. So, don't lie to her because she'll know.]

Angel's words repeated in his mind like a broken record, and when Mark reached the guesthouse, what Angel said proved to be true: Nathaniel wasn't there anymore.

Standing in front of the bedroom where Nathaniel had been staying, Mark fished his phone out and called one of the men.

"She's with that guy, Nathaniel," he breathed out, his heart thudding. "Check the CCTVs and see if they snuck out. The rest can keep looking."

"We're already on it-oh, we found her..." the person on the other end of the line trailed off.

Picking up on the sudden silence, Mark's expression darkened. "What is it?"

"Uh... Captain?" The person sounded unsure. "They didn't sneak out, but..."

"But?"

"Uh... I think you need to go there and see for yourself. We're also not sure what's going on here," said the person. "They're near the greenhouse in the garden storage area."

Without waiting for them to finish, Mark ended the call and ran to the location where Penny and Nathaniel were. He wasn't sure what was happening, but if his men said they were not sure, then it was definitely not good.

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Meanwhile, the person on the other end of the line bent over. He placed a hand on the desk, checking the CCTV. In one of the footage clips, all they could see was a bit of Nathaniel's head.

Where Penny and Nathaniel were was a blind spot. If not for Nathaniel's head bobbing and something moving up in the air, they wouldn't have known they were there at all.

the man to the person seated in the

had another drink. Or perhaps she hadn't. But one thing they knew for sure was that

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they also received new information about where she was and

was.

casually resting over the other. For some reason, he approached cautiously. Soon, Penny, seated on one of

he thought, sighing in relief for a reason he didn't understand. Mark relaxed his shoulders and approached

view, he saw a pit and Nathaniel in it. The

Penny smiled at him, snapping Mark out

her smiling. "Is everything alright, Miss Penny? What's going on

see... we're doing some gardening,"

repeated, confused. 'This doesn't look

me.'

seed," she added, pushing herself up and approaching the

exhausted from the continuous labor, gazed up at them. His expression was pale, and he was covered in sweat. His hair was already damp, as if he had just

in between deep breaths, barely able to force a smile. "Is

Instead of answering him, she

brows and approached the pit. He stood on the side and gazed down at it,

smiled and faced

deeper do you need? What kind of

think she is going to plant a seed if the level she needs is six feet,' was what Mark wanted to say, snapping

have to be six feet..." Nathaniel suddenly stopped, his breathing suspended temporarily. He looked up

had been too focused on pleasing Penny to realize what he

It was for him.

The seed... was him.