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

“Thanks, Beckett.”

Chapter 59

Office of East Sea Culture

in a tailor–made Azure suit, stood before Noella, reporting

even skip the country. Should we tip off

“Nah.”

Schnabels, with their sharp senses, would catch on to Yvonne’s situation soon enough. Dropping them a hint

should go ask their big boss directly. That Abyssal

got dinner plans with Abyssal’s head honcho tonight.”

to Ivan behind him, the two weeping in each other’s arms, bawling

still sacrificing her charm for the sake

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 your clueless fiancé. I heard he just

CEO as a backup? Oh man, this is

end sometimes

more sets to tonight’s experiments. No sleep until

What kind of heartless

non–stop. I haven’t picked up, even blocked him.”

“Yeah, don’t bother.”

old Mrs. Lambert’s grave, with the Lambert ancestral home transferred, she

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 could still

in her looks, but the security guard at

to see

12:46

Alkaid directly. If he

she not want to call Mr. Alkaid? The problem was he . didn’t even

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

guard almost laughed, giving Briony the once–over. “Lady, what we don’t lack here are pretty faces and confidence. Your looks don’t cut

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

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

in, 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

Noella’s

her teeth, she muttered resentfully, “She’s had work done! She didn’t look anything like

office door swung open, revealing a pair of shapely, long legs with delicate high heels