The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 121

Noella glanced at the message on her phone and handed it over to Marcel.

“She wants you to get the papers? What’s she scheming now? Always causing trouble! Noella, don’t bother with her. She has to agree to the divorce, whether she likes it or not. The flight’s arranged; she’ll be out of here by tomorrow!”

Marcel thought of Ashlyn’s antics over the years, and his face soured.

Their marriage had been unconventional. He’d spent his early years on military duty, and after that woman passed away, he’d become jaded about love. That’s when Ashlyn showed up with a child, claiming it was his.

Marcel, bewildered about when he could have fathered a child with Ashlyn, was met with her tears and accusations of his drunken advances!

After a DNA test confirmed the child was his, Marcel, under orders from above, had reluctantly married Ashlyn, and years had flown by. Despite his suspicions that Ashlyn might not be Tristan’s biological mother, he couldn’t figure out who else it could be.

The boy was definitely his son! But the identity of the boy’s mother remained a mystery.

Maybe he’d been duped for over five decades!

Marcel turned to Palmer, his voice grave. “Palmer, since she’s insistent on having Noella fetch the divorce papers, go with her. Remember, you’re a Pollack, not involved with the Schnabels for the time being.”

Palmer perked up. Did Marcel mean… if Ashlyn did anything against Noella, he could retaliate?

“Understood. I’ll protect Noella.”

Marcel nodded, satisfied.

Sending Palmer was strategic; it would be unseemly for a Schnabel to intervene, but as Noella’s fiancé and the Pollack head, Ashlyn wouldn’t dare send him away.

Merrick beamed at Noella. “Noella, dear, I’ve acquired a jewelry design company for you, right near your campus. You can put your designs into practice there, and I’ll buy everything you create!”

Since learning Noella studied jewelry design, Merrick had been busy scouting for the perfect company. It needed to be just the right size, not too overwhelming for Noella’s studies but allowing her to unleash her creativity without academic constraints.

“I’ve heard about how you’ve revamped the music store and the gallery, tweaking policies. Is our Noella a business prodigy? All our assets might as well be yours. Who knows, you might become a business legend!”

alarmed. This was his precious granddaughter, and suddenly she was

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I bought you a hotel. If you’re ever

Noella was flustered.

Her own ventures were managed by

“Dad, what are you up to? Noella’s campus is just next to our place, a five–mile drive. She can come home! Oh, and darling, whenever you find the time, go get your driver’s license. You’ve

was a trivial matter; she simply needed to find the time. After all, when

got time. Now,

back early for dinner. We will wait for

by her side, smoothly picking up her handbag,

watched

them, a perfect

petite girl by his side. The slender young woman, with her

match made in heaven, indeed!

left, Marcel turned to Tristan and the younger Schnabels. “Go attend

were sharp and

Tristan and his sons

up the chess pieces beside him. “Come, let’s play another game.” Merrick

you lose, you owe me

clear truths.

then we’ll

to take the keys, whispering, “Ms. Noella, Mr. Pollack, Ashlyn just won’t sign. I’m still waiting

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the report

papers, but they needed to be

holding Noella’s hand, headed inside. “She still

she refused to hand it to me. When I tried to take it,

expression

forty, with a wife and kids, he certainly wasn’t going to make a move on his former