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?”

to the fever, his palm pressing hotly against Noella’s cheek.

do you worry about me?”

wanted his girl to care, yet he didn’t want her distracted on his

playing on his lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging outside the

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

covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a

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

mean… she did worry about him,

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

Palmer’s, and

“Goodnight.”

covers over Palmer’s face, and left the room in

who had just left the Pollack Mansion, glanced back

how Boss caught a fever from such

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

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

tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have

Don’t worry, I know several top plastic surgeons who can fix you right up!*

Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take care of it.”

the mention, nearly missing the

10:55

did you pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of

Thofessor Calvin has been studying it,

that Calvin had a solution. Sienna

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

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

table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with his food due to his bandaged wrist.

isn’t well, he should stay in the hospital instead.

him 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

her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap

take a break from the company for a couple of

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