The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 128

Chapter 128

“What is a bad thing?”

Annie focused on the road ahead, her hands firmly on the steering wheel, her gaze resolute. “To me, anything that goes against morals, the law, or ethics is a bad thing.”

Noella chuckled softly. “I feel the same way.”

Annie sighed in relief, grateful that Ms. Noella shared her views. It gave her the courage to share her troubling discovery!

“The guy Yvonne was playing cards with seemed a bit too close for comfort. I checked Yvonne’s accounts, and the money coming in recently was either from Ashlyn or that guy, and it wasn’t chump change. From their chats, it looked just like a normal business relationship. At first, I thought he was some relative of the Schnabel family, but he wasn’t. That’s why I kept an eye on them.”

Annie believed that anyone giving away large sums of money for no apparent reason was definitely suspicious!

“The thing is…” Annie hesitated, clenching her teeth as if struggling to speak, “Yvonne, she calls the guy ‘Dad‘.”

The chat logs gave Annie the creeps.

She thought she’d stumbled upon something bizarre, but it turned out this guy really acted like a dad to Yvonne. Yet, she’d never heard of the Schnabel family adopting godfathers for their

kids.

Noella nodded, understanding that if someone was that close to Yvonne and giving her so much money, he was probably her biological father.

If she remembered correctly, Ashlyn publicly claimed that Yvonne was an orphan. It seemed they might have been pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes.

“What’s his background?”

“He’s a businessman, but from the Gruber family. We can’t really probe further.”

The Gruber family held significant sway in Imperial City. Though they didn’t quite match the Pollack or Schnabel families, they still held influence. Digging into Gruber affairs wasn’t simple.

Annie did right not to pry deeper.

“I see. Thanks for the ride. Go home and rest; we can talk more after you’ve slept.”

Noella noticed the dark circles under Annie’s eyes – a clear sign of lack of sleep, probably from the hectic days with Yvonne.

welled in Annie’s eyes! Did Ms. Noella ask her to drive

10:05

Chapter 128

of angel

watching Noella

she could work for Ms. Noella, chatting with her every day. Oh, how

jobs!

for Noella. “Ms. Noella, several of our partners have abruptly cut ties with us, and we have an exhibition scheduled – the invites are already out. If

the verge of tears.

her tone even, “When is the

and media. It’s too late to retract the invites, but those suppliers just backed out on us without any notice, not

sat in her office chair and glanced at the

A coincidence?

were mostly companies tied to the Gruber family or related businesses. Essentially, all were industries that thrived thanks to

are we short?”

to set up an exhibition hall. We can’t

frantic, the exhibition hanging by a

didn’t Ms. Noella look worried? Perhaps she was overwhelmed by the gravity

We’ll find another solution for the exhibition hall.

materials? If it

our gallery has a sterling reputation. We don’t use subpar materials, and they’re

for the main frame. Change the venue to an oil painting theme,

but the

finding a suitable space frame supplier were

10:05

and called Beckett “Beckett, I need a

them delivered ASAP,”

in

forget? His new boss was none other than Ms. Noelta from the Schoolbel tamily What material could the Schnabel family not

paintings, let alone Master Killian’s oil paintings, Our entire gallery

plan.

about to say more, but seeing Noella’s calm demeanor, he swallowed his

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