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?”

to the fever, his palm

me, do you

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

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

you didn’t worry about me at all, I’d be heartbroken,” Palmer said, his words blending jest with delirium, his voice thick with

“Go to sleep now. You don’t

it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought a

mean… she did

off to sleep again. She couldn’t shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather from catching a chill. His wound wasn’t inflamed; the lever seemed more like the result of

injuries seemed far more severe.

hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning kiss into her

“Goodnight.”

hand, yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and

left the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards her boss’s

I wonder if Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever from such a minor

the circumstances were somewhat

the stairs, only to see Sienna

greatest trial in life being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars on Malvina, Sienna’s tears

I know several top plastic surgeons who can

Schnabel said he can take care of it.”

downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

pick up an interest in bum

to regain composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying it, so I

Calvin had a solution. Sienna

us for a while. I’ll

as if her joining them at the table was the

seeing Palraer at the breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping

hold back his imitation “If Mr. Pollack isn’t well, he

slapped him on the back, annoyed “Quit your sniping! What’s wrong with Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who talks too much!

had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you,

chuckled at Palmer. “Now that you’re hurt, take a break from the company for a couple of days. The place will run

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