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?”

touch scorching due to the fever,

me, do you worry about

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

of a smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the moon

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

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

tell whether it was fatigue or happiness

did that mean… she did worry

fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather from catching a chill. His wound wasn’t inflamed; the lever seemed more like

far more

hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a

“Goodnight.”

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

who had just left the Pollack Mansion, glanced back

how Boss caught a fever from such a

circumstances were

the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina

now seemed to have reached a sweet

top plastic surgeons who

okay, Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take

at the mention, nearly missing

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

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

had a solution. Sienna also

Malvina, you stay with us for a while. I’ll cook you some

at Malvina’s presence. It was as

held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister

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

one who talks too much! Palmer, don’t mind him. Have some more

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

at Palmer. “Now that you’re hurt, take a break from the company for a couple

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