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?”

out his touch scorching due to the fever, his palm pressing hotly against Noella’s

me, do you worry

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

smile playing on his lips, as elusive as

me at all, I’d be heartbroken,” Palmer said,

she tucked Palmer back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart. Yours is just fine.”

was fatigue or happiness

that mean… she did worry about

slightly 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 from catching a chill. His wound wasn’t inflamed; the lever seemed more like

seemed far more

pondered, she felt her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and

“Goodnight.”

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

left the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards her boss’s home.

wonder if Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever from

circumstances were somewhat convoluted.

she descended the stairs, only to

seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars on Malvina, Sienna’s tears flowed with empathy.

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nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly

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didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her

the breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with

isn’t well, he

who

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

from the company for a couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay

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