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?”

scorching due to the

tell me, do you worry about me?”

want her distracted on his

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

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

Palmer back under the covers. “Go to sleep now.

to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness

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

drift off 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

seemed far more

felt her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he

“Goodnight.”

over Palmer’s face, and left the room in

Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards

Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a

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

she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina

which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution.

hurt, sweetheart? Don’t worry, I know several top plastic surgeons who can fix you right

okay, Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can

at the mention, nearly missing the last step.

10:55

“Since when did you pick up an

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

Calvin had a solution. Sienna also

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

any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was the most natural thing in the world.

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

“If Mr. Pollack isn’t

here? You’m the one who talks too much! Palmer, don’t mind

accepting the pomidge Noella had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection at work,

couple of days. The

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