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 palm pressing hotly against

tell me, do you worry

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

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

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

as she tucked Palmer back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t

it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that

he wouldn’t be heartbroken- did that mean… she did worry about him, even

to his wound, but rather from

injuries seemed far more

Noella pondered, she felt her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he

“Goodnight.”

quickly withdrew her hand, yanked the covers over Palmer’s

Mansion, glanced back

I wonder if Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever from such a minor injury? Probably

was real enough, though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted.

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

greatest trial in life being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a

several top plastic surgeons who can fix

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coming downstairs, nearly stumbled at the

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you stay with us for a

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

especially when

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

with Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who talks too much! Palmer,

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

break from the company for a couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay home and spend some

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