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 she can drop by

help Palmer’s grandfather and wouldn’t back out now just because she finds out he’s not really a broke Uber

I’ll go tomorrow.”

live next door, so

there. He should’ve bought Noella a castle! He didn’t believe Palmer

Lambert Mansion,

with envy as she watched Ms. Schnabel’s birthday party. being livestreamed worldwide! Any old wine glass there would cover her living expenses

month.

the stream froze, leaving Briony unable to catch a glimpse

all this be

the corner of the frame holding hands with an old man.

doing

sneered at the

like he’s pushing eighty. Noella, using her youth to snag

it was bad luck and

Vincent’s study, swiped a few documents, and hopped a cab to the Rosenberg family.

brothers‘ study, the four of them plus

think Palmer’s genuinely smitten with

and I won’t allow her to marry off so soon! Not before she’s at least

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Mom and Dad and

our little sister that easily? No

gonna dig up any legal loopholes in the Pollack Group, see if they’ve got

all exchanged meaningful looks, the seriousness clear

getting married soon had them all

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

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

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

Noella’s room.

asking

kept blowing up her

chucked him straight into her block list and turned her

from you.

Hector replied.

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

pick you up then.]

you then.]

the former and current Gemstone Gambling Kings were in the chat–how many of them were actually going to show up in Imperial City to try their

like Master Hector was also looking to throw down

psyched to see for herself who this gutsy Gemstone Gambling King was