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,

me, do you worry about

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

squinted slightly, a ghost of a smile playing on his lips,

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

now. You don’t

and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or

heartbroken- did that mean… she did worry about him, even

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

seemed far more severe.

hand grasped by Palmer’s,

“Goodnight.”

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

Mansion, glanced back towards her boss’s

Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a

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

the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face

greatest trial in life being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars on Malvina,

several top plastic

said he can take

downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly

10:55

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

been studying

a solution.

Nothing beats Professor Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for

presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was the most natural thing in the

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

Mr. Pollack isn’t

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 did you get hurt all

accepting the pomidge Noella had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small

for a couple of

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