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?”

the fever, his palm pressing

me, do you worry

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

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

she tucked Palmer back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart. Yours

hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought a smile to Palmer’s face

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

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

she felt her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and

“Goodnight.”

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

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

Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever

were somewhat convoluted.

she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full of

being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet

know several top plastic

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

at the mention,

10:55

an interest in bum

composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying it, so

had a solution.

Malvina, you stay with us

Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was

at the breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with his food due to his bandaged

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

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 did you get hurt all of

to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during

a couple of

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