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 cheek.

you

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

lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging outside

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

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

in, and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that

wouldn’t be heartbroken- did that 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

far more severe.

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

“Goodnight.”

the covers over Palmer’s face, and

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

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

real enough, though the circumstances were

descended the stairs, only to

soft–hearted, her greatest trial in life being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars

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you pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of

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

Calvin had a solution. Sienna also relaxed.

beats Professor Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for a while. I’ll cook

any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the

especially when they saw their sister helping him with his food due to his bandaged wrist.

Pollack isn’t well, he should stay in the

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

accepting the pomidge Noella had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection at work,

couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay home and spend some

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