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

do you worry

on his account. But now that she was here, he yeamed for

a smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging outside

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

back under the covers. “Go to sleep now.

hard to tell whether it was fatigue

be heartbroken- did that mean… she

shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his

injuries seemed far

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

“Goodnight.”

the covers over Palmer’s face,

Mansion,

caught a fever from

were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the same, wasn’t it?

next morning, Noella yawned as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full

a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars

know several top plastic surgeons who can

said he

stumbled at the mention, nearly

10:55

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

his throat to regain composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying it, so I thought Td learn a bit as well

a solution. Sienna also

Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for

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

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

his imitation “If Mr. 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

“Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap

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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