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?”

reached out his touch scorching due to the fever, his palm pressing

me, do you worry

his girl to care, yet he didn’t want her distracted on his account. But now that she was

smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the

me at all, I’d be heartbroken,” Palmer said, his words blending jest with delirium, his voice thick with exhaustion

to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart. Yours is just fine.”

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

heartbroken- did that mean… she did worry about him, even just

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

injuries seemed far more severe.

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

“Goodnight.”

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

left the Pollack Mansion, glanced

question how Boss caught a fever from such a minor injury? Probably

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

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

to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars

worry, I know several top plastic surgeons

said he can take care of it.”

nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

you pick up an

Thofessor Calvin has been studying it,

Calvin had a solution. Sienna also

Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for a

didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her

brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with his food due to his

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

wrong with Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who talks too much! Palmer, don’t mind him. Have

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

from the company for a couple of days.

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