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?”

reached out his touch scorching due to the fever,

me, do you

distracted on his account. But now that she

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

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

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

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

mean… she did worry about him, even

as she watched Palmer drift off to sleep again. She couldn’t shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather

seemed far more severe.

grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed

“Goodnight.”

yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and left the

the Pollack Mansion, glanced

question how Boss caught a fever from such a

though the circumstances were

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

a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars

I know several top plastic

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

stumbled at the mention, nearly missing the last step.

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an

has been studying it, so I thought Td

that Calvin had a solution. Sienna also

us

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

of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with his

his imitation “If Mr. Pollack isn’t well, he

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

her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection at

you’re hurt, take a break from the company for a couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay home

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