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?”

due to the fever, his

do you worry about me?”

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

lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging outside the window.

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. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart. Yours is just fine.”

was

he wouldn’t be heartbroken- did that mean… she did

She couldn’t shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather from catching a chill. His

seemed far

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

“Goodnight.”

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

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

Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever from such a minor injury?

enough, though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the

Noella yawned as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding

now seemed to have reached a sweet

I know several top plastic

okay, Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take care of

coming downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly

10:55

an interest in bum treatment? Change of research topic?

has been studying it,

had a solution. Sienna also

us for a while. I’ll

didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was the most natural thing in the world.

hint of hostility, especially when they saw their

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

back, 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 some more to eat. How

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

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

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