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?”

out his touch scorching due to the

do you worry

care, yet he didn’t want her distracted on his account. But now that she was here, he yeamed for an answer.

a smile playing on his lips, as

be heartbroken,” Palmer

“Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry

was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought a smile to Palmer’s face

be heartbroken- did that mean… she did

watched Palmer drift 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

seemed far more

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

“Goodnight.”

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

left the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards

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

the wound was real enough, though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the

morning, Noella yawned as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full of motherly love.

now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing

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

Schnabel said he can take

stumbled at the

10:55

“Since when did you pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of

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

a solution.

Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for a while.

the Schnabel family didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was the

of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with

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

meal here? You’m the one who talks too much! Palmer, don’t mind him. Have some more to eat. How did you

to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection

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

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