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.

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

“Thanks, Beckett.”

Chapter 59

Office of East Sea Culture

Azure suit, stood before Noella, reporting on

even skip the country.

“Nah.”

situation soon enough. Dropping them a hint at the

Abyssal Organization goons beat us to the punch! They even said you should go ask their big boss directly. That Abyssal Organization is playing dirty, I swear. Boss, you

got dinner plans

behind him, the two weeping in each other’s

too noble, already got a fiancé and still sacrificing her charm for the sake of the organization. Boss, what if Abyssal’s

the boss. With those killer looks, what can’t the boss do? Boss, you can’t tell

Pollack CEO as a backup? Oh man, this is too thrilling! Who

sometimes dealing with

two more sets to tonight’s experiments. No sleep until they’re done.”

What kind of heartless

I haven’t picked up,

“Yeah, don’t bother.”

had publicly disowned her and decided to move old Mrs. Lambert’s grave, with

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

super confident in her looks, but the security guard at

I really need to see Mr. Alkaid. I’m begging

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can call Mr. Alkaid

Mr. Alkaid? The problem was

I’ll be a hit if I join your company.”

Briony the once–over. “Lady, what we don’t lack here are pretty faces and

the rolling ads on the big screen by the door. “See, you gotta at least be a stunner like Miss Noella to turn heads!”

former Polaris Star Lab was plastered with

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

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

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

pair of shapely, long legs with delicate high heels clicking on the floor like a princess