The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

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,

me, do you

distracted on his account.

smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the

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

back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have

medicine kicked in, and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought a smile to Palmer’s face

did that mean… she did worry about him, even just

to 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

injuries seemed far

grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning kiss into her palm.

“Goodnight.”

Palmer’s face, and left the room in

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

Noella will question how Boss caught a fever from such a minor injury? Probably not!”

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

only to see Sienna holding Malvina

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

know several top

Schnabel said he can take care of

coming downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention,

10:55

pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of research

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

a solution.

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

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

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

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

on the 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 did you get hurt all of

the pomidge Noella had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection at work, nothing serious”

“Now that you’re hurt, take a break from the company for a couple of days. The place will run