The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 120

Merrick was getting fired up too. “You think only you’ve got the cash? Noella, sweetheart, if you beat me in chess, I’ll gift you a brand spanking new company!”

Noella looked helplessly at the two old timers.

This kind of one–upmanship was fine, but totally unnecessary.

Half an hour later, Merrick couldn’t sit still! “Noella, dear, where did you learn to play chess like this? I am at my wit’s end!”

Marcel chortled with pride. “Ha, even old Tavian can’t beat Noella at chess. And you’re making fun of me? Think you can do better?”

Back in his youth, Merrick was a chess prodigy, yet here he was, unable to outplay his granddaughter for even half an hour!

“Embarrassed much?”

“Get outta here. Noella being a whiz is all thanks to our Horwich family genes. You’ve got nothing to do with it.”

Marcel was having none of it, slamming his cup down, sparking yet another round of bickering. “What are you implying? Noella is a Schnabel through and through!”

“Heh, saying your wife had the good genes? I’m not calling you daft, Tristan, but your mom, she’s no Einstein.”

Tristan wiped the sweat from his brow, thinking this was pretty much the same as being called dumb.

Merrick quipped, “Well, it doesn’t matter. You’re not Ashlyn’s flesh and blood, thankfully. You don’t resemble that hag, which is a good thing.”

The family was stunned.

What did he mean Tristan wasn’t Ashlyn’s flesh and blood?

Tristan was dumbfounded. “What are you saying? Whose child am I?”

Realizing he had misspoken, Merrick chuckled. “I’m pulling your leg. You couldn’t possibly be mine, a Horwich, right?”

Tristan got the picture he was still being called ugly.

Indeed, Merrick and Freya were known for their looks. When Tristan first laid eyes on their daughter Sienna, it was love at first sight.

a chess piece in his hand, sensing there was more to Merrick’s words. “Are you keeping

break. Who do you think you are, demanding me to report

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Let’s

His new book would

his affections into his writing. Everyone who read that book would know

know something that

Even if I did, I wouldn’t tell. Heh.” Merrick was all smiles, glancing at Marcel scratching his

never spill the beans!

City, at the

returned to the Lambert Mansion, his battered body dragging

were close

touch with Noella, will ya? I heard from Maddox she was at the Lambert ancestral home a few days back.

Mrs. Lambert as leverage to coax

picked up nonchalantly, and upon recognizing Vincent’s

got out, “Noella,

in his ear, leaving

That darn kid!

heard she left by helicopter. Maybe she’s

folks just some chicken

sat up and dialed a number.

see, a relative’s kid wants to visit. How’s the place holding up?”

belched. “Everyone’s moved out. The government’s using Emerald County for

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was shocked. Everyone from Emerald County had moved? That meant Noella’s real

bind. He needed money now more than ever! If he could just find Noella’s biological parents, he might recover some funds. for ‘raising‘ their daughter, right?

much did you

But one family in the county hit

Fifty million!

up

parents‘ names were, or else he’d know exactly how much