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 hotly against Noella’s

tell me, do you worry about

her distracted on his account. But now that she was here,

ghost of a smile playing on his lips, as elusive as

me at all, I’d be heartbroken,” Palmer said, his words blending jest with delirium, his voice thick

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

to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought

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

She couldn’t shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather

far more severe.

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

“Goodnight.”

quickly withdrew her hand, yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and

the Pollack Mansion,

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 was the

next morning, Noella yawned as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a

which now seemed to have reached

top plastic

Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take

nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

you pick up an interest

studying it, so I thought Td learn a bit as well

had a solution. Sienna

us for a while. I’ll cook you some delicious

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

breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially

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

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

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

take a break from the company for a couple

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