The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

Palmer’s voice was a jumble of tones.

1.she

Noella wanted to pull her hand away, but remembering Palmer’s wrist was still wounded and any tug might cause it to bleed again, decided against it

“Palmer?”

Palmer slowly opened his eyes, his gaze foggy, but at least he was awake.

“Noella? Wasn’t I just dreaming? How come you’re here?”

Instead of answering his question, Noella picked up the water glass from the nightstand and handed it to him.

“Take your medicine”

“Alright”

Noella watched Palmer swallow his medicine and helped him lie back down.

His eyes, typically deep and impenetrable, now sparkled with a vivid luster, following her every move without shifting away even for a

moment

Feeling her cheeks heat under his gaze, Noella suddenly recalled what Annie had said earlier.

“Boss wanted to head to Polaris Star to dig up some dirt on your past. He figured if he didn’t, you would.”

Was he so set on handling dangerous matters himself just because he felt they were too perilous for her?

Gazing at the frail Palmer before her, she noticed his pallor, yet his fever made his eyes moist and vulnerable, his gaze fixed on her.

“1 seem to recall telling Annie not to disturb you, yet she still called you. Sorry for interrupting your sweet dreams.”

“Why didn’t you want me to come?”

scorching due to the fever, his palm pressing hotly against Noella’s

you worry about

care, yet he didn’t want her distracted on his account. But now

a smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging

be heartbroken,” Palmer said, his words blending jest with delirium,

under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart. Yours

medicine kicked in, and it was hard to tell whether it was

she did worry about him, even just

fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather from

seemed far more

Noella pondered, she felt her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning kiss into her palm.

“Goodnight.”

her hand, yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and left the room in

Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards her

Boss caught a fever from such a

real enough, though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the same, wasn’t

the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full

trial in life being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution.

sweetheart? Don’t worry, I know several top plastic surgeons

okay, Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take care of it.”

nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

did you pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change

cleared his throat to regain composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying

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Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for a while.

It was as if

Palraer at the breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with his food due

back his imitation “If Mr. Pollack isn’t

on the back, annoyed “Quit your sniping! What’s wrong with Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who talks too much! Palmer, don’t mind him.

pomidge Noella had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a

from the company for a couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay home

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