The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 59

Palmer’s voice sounded a bit whiny.

Over at the Pollack Group, things were crazy busy, plus he’d been on–call like a full–time chauffeur for someone recently, racking up a backlog of work.

Now Noella wouldn’t even spare him the time for a meal. What, was he less charming than Thorpe or something?

“I wanna see you. Is that cool?”

The voice was so woeful it tugged at Noella’s heartstrings. Noella couldn’t help but twitch a smile and cave in.

“Alright, but I’ve got stuff to do in a bit.”

“Just text me the address, and I’ll pick you up.”

Noella grunted an acknowledgment and hung up.

Beckett looked up from a mountain of papers, casually asking, “Palmer?”

“Yeah, he wants to grab dinner tonight.”

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Beckett didn’t say much, just slid a bank card over to Noella. The black and gold card screamed low–key luxury, with the Rising Glory Bank logo catching the eye.

“Why are you giving me money?”

“Schnabel family dinners always involve give and take. Even if you’re engaged to Palmer, your gotta stay in the driver’s seat, get it?”

Beckett wasn’t thrilled about Noella hanging out alone with Palmer, but she’d already agreed, and he wasn’t about to cook up a reason to keep his sister tied down.

“Schnabel girls can play the game and handle a loss. No matter how tough the Pollack family is, if the Schnabels aren’t keen on a wedding, tough luck for them. Hang out with Palmer without any pressure. If you’re over it, just shoot me a text and I’ll sort out the break–off with the Pollacks in no time!”

Noella was flabbergasted. Calling off an engagement with a text?

She was gobsmacked!

Beckett chuckled a bit sheepishly, the picture of elegance and gentleness.

research lately, occupational hazard. Let’s keep it our little secret. Take the money, and if it’s not

“Thanks, Beckett.”

Chapter 59

of East

suit, stood before Noella, reporting on

Thorpe, and might even skip the country. Should we tip off

“Nah.”

sharp senses, would catch on to Yvonne’s situation soon enough. Dropping

Abyssal Organization goons beat us to the punch! They even said you should go ask their big boss directly. That Abyssal Organization

“I’ve got dinner plans with Abyssal’s

turned and clung to Ivan behind him, the two

for the sake of the organization.

a pervert, it’s perfect bait for the boss. With those killer looks, what can’t the boss do? Boss,

actually keeping the Pollack CEO as a backup? Oh man, this is too thrilling! Who are we gonna

sometimes dealing with these quirky

more sets to tonight’s experiments. No sleep

What kind of heartless boss was

I haven’t picked up,

“Yeah, don’t bother.”

Lambert family had publicly disowned her and decided to move old Mrs. Lambert’s grave, with the Lambert ancestral home transferred, she had nothing to do with the Lambert family

was all dolled up and jittery. She finally managed to get the East Sea Culture Company boss’s number from Vincent’s contacts, convinced that if the

the security guard at the door wouldn’t budge.

let me in. I really need to see Mr.

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Mr. Alkaid directly. If he

to call Mr. Alkaid? The problem was he

I promise I’ll be a hit

“Lady, what we don’t lack here are pretty faces and confidence. Your looks don’t cut it at our company!”

big screen by the door. “See, you gotta at

Schnabel family had bought out all the mall screens to celebrate Noella’s birthday, and even the former Polaris Star Lab was plastered with

she was pretty speechless. But Alkaid was like, “Who cares, as long as it’s not hanging at the entrance of the Lunar Lab, we’re all good.” If Noella hadn’t put her foot down, they would’ve plastered her poster on the latest satellite and sent their boss on a

was getting shown up by Noella’s face at East

“She’s had work done! She didn’t look anything like this

with delicate high heels