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 fever, his palm pressing

do you

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

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

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

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

in, and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue

mean… she did worry about him, even just

the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather from catching a chill. His

seemed far more severe.

her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning

“Goodnight.”

withdrew her hand, yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and left the room in a fluster!

Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards her boss’s

if Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught

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

as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with

seemed to have reached a

know several top plastic surgeons who can fix

Dr. Schnabel said he can take care of

downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

pick up an interest in bum

studying it, so

Calvin had a solution. Sienna

Malvina, you stay with us for a while.

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

a hint of hostility, especially

“If Mr. Pollack isn’t

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

worry you, Tristan, Just a small

the company for a couple of days. The place

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