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

do you worry about

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

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

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

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

it was fatigue

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

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 inflamed; the lever seemed more like the result of getting

far more severe.

grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning

“Goodnight.”

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

the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards

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

though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted.

to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full

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

worry, I know several top plastic surgeons who can fix you

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

the mention, nearly missing

10:55

pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of

been studying it, so

that Calvin had a solution. Sienna also

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

rest of the Schnabel family didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was the

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

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

annoyed “Quit your sniping! What’s wrong with Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who

Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection at work,

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

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