The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 117

His breath was hot against her skin, his breathing growing more urgent by the second. The warmth of it caressed Noella’s neck.

“Let go, or I won’t hesitate to give you a thrashing!”

Palmer chuckled helplessly. “I know my fiancée fancies a spar, but it’s quite the mood killer in this setting.”

Mood killer?

She was practically trapped in his embrace, unable to move an inch! And he had the nerve to call it a mood killer? If it weren’t for the fact that the house’s renovations had left the structure less than stable, her fist would have already made contact with his face!

With a gentle yet firm grip, Palmer’s hands encircled her slender waist, lifting her effortlessly onto the bed.

The room was dark, and her bed was unusually high. Palmer sat cross–legged on the floor mat, gazing up at her. His eyes seemed to hold endless moonlight, merging with the silver glow from the window, casting an indescribable tenderness.

“Just sleep here, alright? Let’s not disturb Grandma by going to her room, okay?”

Old Mrs. Lambert’s room was small, and besides, without Noella, he had no particular inclination to stay at someone else’s place.

He was here solely for Noella.

With that said, Noella lay back down.

The moonlight poured through the window, and she slept dreamlessly.

In the morning. Noella rose quietly to answer a call in the yard, careful not to wake the still–sleeping Palmer.

“Boss, Ulrich and that guy with a scar face are almost across the bortler. Should we keep tailing them?”

“Keep on them, don’t let anything happen to Ulrich.”

“We’re checking out the address Thorpe gave us, and something’s off.”

“What’s wrong?” Noella frowned.

“According to this prison timeline, the man we’re looking for might be another brother of Thorpe’s.”

Another brother? The one who had dealings with Toxic Monarch and got nabbed at the bar, the fake Thorpe?

“Review all the surveillance footage from that night. I need more info on this guy and keep me

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updated.”

agreed and hung up.

brisk and clear, Noella began her morning routine,

her routine, she

like my fiancée is into doing morning exercises? Grandpa likes them too. You two can exercise together in

point and had been watching her from her bedroom window.

grand as

landing deftly in the courtyard, his movements fluid and graceful. He walked over to Noella and gently touched his

find another

she’d wager the whole village knew she’d

If I did the same, you might forget

unloved often crave to stand

left little room for denial without seeming unreasonable.

turned away, only to be greeted by Maddox, who peeked his head in

carrying a plate of breakfast burritos, setting them on the small stone table in the courtyard.

you guys to be up this early.”

early, could it be nothing

Lambert down, after assuring her he’d make things happen.

quite up to

a touch of suspicion. “Ms. Noella, will you guys be leaving

need to head back to Imperial City.

master can get

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heard you’re back

the city, quite a distance from Glen

they want with me?”

to eat up and get going before you run into him. It could get messy.” Maddox’s tone soured at the mention of the Fullers. “If it weren’t for their

flared as he recounted the

come to harm, to clear the way for Belinda to have a second child–a male heir.

nibbled on the breakfast

away and dumped her beyond the international warzone, she never would have been found by the Polaris Star!

she returned, Old Mrs. Lambert hadn’t asked questions, just wept, holding her hand, heartbroken. Vincent had never shown concern, even when

family truly dissolved. The person who loved her

like one of their own, and it was a revelation to her–she. of all