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

tell me, do you worry about

her distracted on his account. But now that she was here, he yeamed for an answer.

playing on his lips, as

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

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

kicked in, and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought a smile

mean… she did worry

she 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 wound wasn’t

injuries seemed far more

grasped by Palmer’s, and

“Goodnight.”

yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and

the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards her boss’s home.

how Boss caught a fever from such a minor

the circumstances were somewhat

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

seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars on Malvina, Sienna’s tears

I know several top

he can take care of it.”

coming downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

up an

composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying

Calvin had a

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

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

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

“If Mr. Pollack isn’t well, he should stay in the hospital instead.

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. Have

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

company for a couple

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