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.

high–end client research lately, occupational hazard. Let’s keep it our

“Thanks, Beckett.”

Chapter 59

Office of East Sea Culture

clad in a tailor–made Azure suit, stood before Noella, reporting on recent work.

got snatched by Thorpe, and might even skip

“Nah.”

senses, would catch on to Yvonne’s situation soon enough. Dropping them a hint at the right time was all that

then those Abyssal Organization goons beat us to the punch! They even said you should go ask their big

deadpanned, “I’ve got dinner plans with Abyssal’s head honcho

Ivan behind him, the two weeping in each

got a fiancé and still sacrificing her charm for the sake of the organization. Boss, what if Abyssal’s leader is a pervert,

the head, correcting. “Are you daft? If it’s a pervert, it’s perfect bait for the boss. With those killer looks, what can’t the boss do? Boss, you can’t tell

it be, boss, you’re actually keeping the Pollack CEO as a backup? Oh man,

at her wit’s end sometimes dealing with these

two more sets to tonight’s experiments.

kind of heartless boss was

I haven’t

“Yeah, don’t bother.”

decided to move old Mrs. Lambert’s grave, with the Lambert ancestral home

Briony 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 East Sea boss took a shine to her, she

was super confident in her looks, but the security guard at the door wouldn’t budge.

let me in. I really need to see

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Mr. Alkaid directly. If he says okay, then you

end! Did she not want to call Mr. Alkaid? The problem was he . didn’t even pick up unknown calls, straight up

a job interview. I promise I’ll be

here are pretty faces and confidence. Your looks don’t

pointed to the rolling ads on the big screen by the door. “See, you gotta at least be a stunner like

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

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

getting shown up by Noella’s face at East Sea Culture Company

resentfully, “She’s had work done! She didn’t

shapely, long legs with delicate high heels