Chapter 570: I'm... home?

Minutes earlier...

"Ahh! I can't do this anymore!" Nathaniel wept as he slumped in the pit, gazing up at the surface. "Miss Penny! I mean, Mrs. Penny-no, goddess! Have mercy on me, please! Don't make me dig my own grave!"

Nathaniel lamented on and on, almost using all his energy crying rather than doing the work. He had been digging since afternoon, and night was already

falling.

"I'm tired! Okay! I'm not going to complain! But can we continue this tomorrow?! I swear I'll dig very deep-deeper than six feet! I promise!"

Again, all he got was silence.

"Miss Penny!! I'm hungry! All workers need to take a break from time to time-l might get dehydrated!" he added. "Please. Let me have some snacks! Even those on death row get to eat their last meal!"

Penny drew a deep breath and rolled her eyes, glancing at one of the bodyguards near her. She tilted her head, and the bodyguard quickly nodded in understanding. He approached the pit and tossed a wrapped sandwich and a bottled water.

"That's your last meal," he said coldly before walking away, having already finished his job.

Nathaniel gazed down at the packed sandwich and then at the bottled water on the ground. His face twisted, but his hunger took over. He quickly crawled to pick them up. Without any care for the dirt clinging to him, he opened the sandwich and took a large bite. His body shook in horror, but he still ate, gobbling down the sandwich in the blink of an eye. Even how he drank the water was in huge gulps.

quench his hunger and thirst. It was only enough to give him the energy to cry more.

pit walked closer and gazed down at him.

six feet already?!

digging," repeated the bodyguard, then glanced at Penny. "Just to be

of you are heartless! Don't you have a brother? A nephew?! Aren't

could do was grab the

run away, glanced at Penny. Nathaniel had attempted to escape a few times, only to be dragged back to the pit he had to finish. Even so, they couldn't

best person, and he was annoying, but they couldn't imagine digging a pit, knowing it was for them. This alone was already torture

to dig?' one of the guards wondered, casting his colleague a look. The latter shrugged, then glanced

he keeps digging, he might hit the Earth's inner

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Penny is also cruel when sober. I don't want to rub her

come the master hasn't returned yet? If he were here, he would...' one of the guards trailed off, thinking of Zoren. 'Never mind. Having the boss here

their eyes to where Penny was. She had been here since afternoon. While Nathaniel was digging, she even managed to get some work done in her seat. She even had

for Mark, who stood near Penny, he gazed down at her. His lips were drawn into a tight line as he glanced at the pit where

he was or why we're keeping him in the guesthouse. Since it seems she knew this guy well, there's

Naturally, Penny should've

Zoren. After all, Mark believed it should be Zoren who would explain things to her. If it were

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