The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 46

Tristan has no idea how vast Marcel’s connections were!

Yvonne’s eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw that mountain of gifts worth at king’s ransom!

A ghostly voice whispered in Yvonne’s ear.

“Yvonne, where do you think you’re going?”

“Ah! Elara, you scared the bejeezus out of me!”

Elara was so close to Yvonne’s ear when she spoke that Yvonne practically jumped out of her skin!

“Cut the act. You’re the one who leaked that video, right? You showed it to me before. Don’t you dare say someone swiped your phone and played it at Noella’s birthday party on purpose!”

Yvonne was crying up a storm, all choked up. “I was just looking out for Noella! What if she’s got a crush on someone and doesn’t want to marry Mr. Pollack? I can’t bear to see her unhappy! Elara, how could you think I did it on purpose?”

Elara frowned at Yvonne, making her squirm with guilt.

“Elara, Grandma’s in the hospital with no one to look after her. I’m heading there now, so can we talk about this when I get back, please?”

“Go ahead.

Elara watched Yvonne beat a hasty retreat, her eyes scrutinizing her every move.

Something about Yvonne just didn’t sit right with her.

After the party, Tristan turned to Palmer. “Didn’t you say you had something to discuss with

us?”

The four Schnabel sons were on high alert, ready to bounce Palmer if he even hinted at stealing their sister away.

“It’s my granddad; he’s hoping Noella would come to see him. And someone from the Schnabel family bought some trending searches that were harmful to both our families. I’ve dealt with it. but you still have the right to know.”

Tristan tensed up. “What trending searches?”

Annie handed over a phone, respectfully saying, “Mr. Schnabel, it was Miss Yvonne who bought the searches, claiming she’s the only daughter of the Schnabel family.”

“Shoot, how could I forget about that Yvonne girl?” Tristan looked around but couldn’t spot Yvonne anywhere. “What was she thinking, buying that kind of trending search? Thank

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goodness Mr. Pollack caught it in time, otherwise our families‘ reputations would’ve been trashed. I disown her; she’s at best a granddaughter my mother took in.”

wanting to see Noella, that’s easy. Noella visits her grandpa every day, so

and wouldn’t back out now just because she finds out he’s not really

go tomorrow.”

pick you up: I live next door, so we’re

Haven, he never would’ve bought a house for Noella there. He should’ve bought Noella a castle! He didn’t believe Palmer could be

Lambert Mansion, Tranquility

watched Ms. Schnabel’s birthday party. being livestreamed worldwide! Any old

month.

froze, leaving Briony unable to catch

all this

someone in the corner of the frame holding hands with an old man. That had to be Noella!

doing at the Schnabel family’s party?”

sneered at the screen.

youth to snag an old geezer… She’ll get

was bad luck and

snuck into Vincent’s study, swiped a few documents, and hopped a cab to the

of them

“I think Palmer’s genuinely smitten with Noella.”

said, “So what? Noella just got home, and I won’t allow her to marry off so soon!

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“Thirty? Forget Noella, Mom and Dad and

our

up any legal loopholes in the Pollack Group, see if they’ve got any dirty laundry. Can’t have Noella marrying into trouble!”

exchanged meaningful looks, the seriousness clear in their

sister getting married soon had them all

suddenly said, “What if–and I just mean what if–Noella likes him?”

“Whether Noella likes him or not, we gotta vet

pure and innocent, a total newbie to the world. They had to be the

in Noella’s room.

her phone, bombarded with messages all from Palmer. She was just getting the usual barrage of texts from him asking where she was,

the party wrapped up, he kept blowing up her phone

him straight into her block list and turned her attention. to replying to her

from you.

Hector replied.

swinging by Imperial City next month to check in on you. Heard the Gemstone Gambling King is headed

pick you up

you then.]

chat–how many of them were actually going to show up in Imperial City to try their luck with the stones?

Master Hector was also looking to throw down

gutsy Gemstone Gambling King was that had been raising hell