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, his palm

tell me, do you worry about

on his account. But now that she was

lips, as elusive as

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

now. You don’t

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

did that mean… she did worry

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

injuries seemed far more severe.

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

“Goodnight.”

Palmer’s face, and left the room

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

if Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever

wound was real enough, though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the same, wasn’t

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

being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars on Malvina, Sienna’s tears flowed with empathy.

Don’t worry, I know several top plastic

Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take

the mention, nearly

10:55

questioned, “Since when did you pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of research topic?

been studying

Calvin had a

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

was as if her joining them at the table was the

the breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially

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

back, annoyed “Quit your sniping! What’s wrong with Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who talks too much!

you, Tristan, Just

Palmer. “Now that 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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