The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 143

Noella rounded the corner of the staircase when a peculiar noise from the basement storage room caught her attention. She frowned slightly and whispered, “Palmer, hang on a sec

“I can wait forever.”

After all, what was a little waiting if it made her fall for him?

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Noella paused, sensing an undertone in Palmer’s words. She slipped her locked phone into her blazer pocket and headed towards the basement, where stacks of supplies awaited,

The gallery staff had gone home for the day, but there were still some workers in blue overalls bustling about.

Noella glanced around the storage area and stealthily climbed atop a construction scaffold, crouching above the workers to eavesdrop.

“Come on, lace that batch of paint with the stuff.”

“You sure they won’t detect it once we put them in?”

“No way!” The ringleader was brimming with confidence.

“They’re odorless and colorless. Once they’re in, those painters will be none the wiser until they’re sick. And when that happens, the gallery will be in deep water. Ms. Schnabel chose to be uncooperative and cross swords with the Gruber clan. She made such a show today, turning the Gruber’s gallery into a laughingstock!”

The workers mixed the powdered substance into the paint, and then added the doctored paint cubes into the original batches.

“Is Ms. Schnabel still in her office?”

“Lights out upstairs, must’ve left.”

The lead worker pulled a vial from his pocket, his face twisted with malice, “Just drop this into her office water cooler. One sip and she’s done for!”

The other workers paled on spot, not expecting to take action against Noella.

“You can’t hit Ms. Schnabel, even if you’re out for Petra’s blood. What if the Schnabels come

after us?”

something happened to her, they wouldn’t have lives enough to

snarled, “Relax, the Gruber family’s got our backs.”

had done things without considering their feelings. All Petra did was skim some cash, chump change for the Schnabel family. But Noella had to show her authority and lock Petra up. Well, she couldn’t blame

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scene impassively. Her gaze swept over the surveillance EXTATES, AN predictably dead, every red light that should have been blinking was out cold. These guys came

with, they turned

the

them are faulty, in three days, half of this exhibition space will collapse, preferably during business hours. Wouldn’t it be fun if it crushed a few patrons?”

and the exhibition collapsed, killing people, not even the Schnabel family

would see who could

Ms. Art Connoisseur? Let’s see how she

to a brat. There’s nothing the

the workers swept a glance around the stuff in the storage

as she watched them leave through the back door. She recognized them; they were Petra’s go–to crew, who had swindled the gallery for years under Petra’s wing. Now with Petra locked away,

Yasbel had tested – with added video capabilities, perfect

from the roof, dusted off her

Palmer was there with

were you up to, my fiancée?”

tying up loose ends.”

professional attire. Her tailored capris revealed slender, pale ankles, and her heels added an elegant touch to her usual sassy

dinner, Palmer walked Noella to the gates of her home,

ways.

sorry I missed the chance to

wallpaper, a reminder of her when he

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stepped forward, embracing Noella and planting a swift kiss on her

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