The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 167

Walden’s face turned ghostly pale in an instant!

Ms. Schnabel…you’ve got to be kidding me. This is no joke – I truly meant to apologize!”

Noella let out a mocking laugh, dripping with scorn.

“Walden, you’ve been poisoning paintings at my gallery, poaching my staff, tampering with supplies to nearly cause accidents, and the Gruber family has been openly challenging my employees. And you call this a sincere apology? If brains were dynamite, the Gruber family wouldn’t have enough to blow their nose. You might as well declare bankruptcy now, rather than waiting for the inevitable.”

Walden hadn’t expected Noella to know all about the dirty tricks he’d orchestrated! Impossible. His schemes had been so covert; how did Noella find out he was the mastermind behind them? She must be bluffing.

“Ms. Noella, don’t throw around accusations. I’ve never stooped to such lows. Someone must be framing me. It’s all a misunderstanding; please don’t fall for it.”

With a sneer, Noella pulled out her phone and played a video for everyone to see. The video clearly showed workers confessing that the person who wanted to poison Noella to death was none other than Walden!

Everybody’s gaze towards Walden became complicated!

“It’s one thing for Walden to use shady tactics to undermine the gallery – that could be chalked up to rough–and–tumble business warfare. But to poison Ms. Schnabel? That takes nerve!”

“Aside from being the apple of the Schnabel family’s eye, she was also Mr. Pollack’s fiancée.”

“Considering how Mr. Pollack had just publicly kicked Walden to the curb for her, this mess was far from over.”

At Lucian’s birthday bash, the elite of high society could see the writing on the wall for the Gruber family!

Right there, people started backing out, “Walden, about that deal we discussed, I’ve changed my mind. Let’s not go through with it.”

“Yeah, that thing you mentioned earlier, let’s forget it. I think it’s best we don’t do business together in the future!”

Walden’s head buzzed with the voices around him! He had indeed drugged Noella, but only to make her fall mysteriously ill so he could swoop in as the savior. Ms. Schnabel would

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and fall head over heels for him!

die. But now his carefully laid plans were in

quickly dragged away by

like a sack

around her waist and whispered, “Drugged him?”

and away from my mentor, nothing

socially bury Walden multiple times, with a few more “burials” to come once he got back to the Gruber

ability to poison without a trace was reminiscent

phantom figure? No wonder the Abyssal Organization had never received a response to

fiancée,

gave him a cool glance, her voice chilly, “If you’re curious, you’re welcome

ear, he uttered, “I don’t plan on being bedridden, but I wouldn’t mind spending a few

to his words than met the ear. Was this man

hadn’t realized before how immature and tedious he could be.

cheeks, and with an irritated glance at Palmer, she walked towards Master Killian who was not

my sole mentee. You’d better remember

a man of advanced years, kept his silver hair neatly combed back and exuded a meticulously organized aura. His eyes twinkled

an approbatory grin, “Marcel’s granddaughter? Tavian mentioned you’re quite the chess player. Come by sometime

obligingly,

then looked around the room with a meaningful expression, and said, “Noella, don’t take the earlier incident to heart. The Gruber family has been living high off the hog for too long and seems to have

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Lucian’s secretary and had risen to prominence with the support of the Richardson family. Referring

have some matters to attend to. You two head

“Will do.

consented and, accompanied by Palmer, left the estate to find a car waiting by the curb. As Palmer leaned in to fasten her seat belt,

won’t run

Master Killian’s capabilities as a veteran member of the Polaris Star. Her mentor didn’t have

At Schnabel Manor.