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.”

apologized. “The old lady’s not well, and her mind gets muddled. As for your grandfather wanting to see Noella, that’s easy. Noella visits her grandpa

out now just

I’ll go tomorrow.”

you up: I live next door, so we’re

a house for Noella there. He should’ve bought Noella a castle! He didn’t

Lambert Mansion,

her phone, green with envy as she watched Ms. Schnabel’s birthday party. being livestreamed worldwide! Any old wine glass there

month.

the stream froze, leaving Briony unable to catch a glimpse of her

this be mine…”

and Briony, eagle–eyed, spotted someone in the corner of the frame holding hands with an old man. That

she doing

at the screen.

he’s pushing eighty. Noella, using her youth to snag an old geezer… She’ll get her legs broken once his family finds

was bad luck and quickly turned off the

study, swiped a few documents, and hopped a cab to

the Schnabel brothers‘ study, the four of them plus Elara looked dead serious.

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

Noella just got home, and I won’t allow her to marry off so soon! Not before she’s at least thirty!”

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was calmer. “Thirty? Forget Noella, Mom and Dad and Grandpa would kill you.”

marry our

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

looks, the seriousness

their sister getting married soon had them all up in

if–and I just mean what if–Noella likes

his glasses, all business. “Whether Noella likes him or not, we

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

in Noella’s room.

barrage of texts from him asking where she was, if

up

block list

from you. Thank

Hector replied.

swinging by Imperial City next month to check in on you. Heard the Gemstone

you

you

Gemstone Gambling Kings were in the chat–how many of them were

Master Hector was also looking to throw

herself who this gutsy Gemstone Gambling King was that had been raising hell