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 hotly against

you

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

ghost of a smile playing on his lips, as

out you didn’t worry about me at all, I’d be heartbroken,” Palmer said, his words blending jest with

back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to

to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought

he wouldn’t be heartbroken- did that mean… she did worry about him, even

again. She couldn’t shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his wound, but rather from

far more severe.

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

“Goodnight.”

covers over Palmer’s face, and left the

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

will question how Boss caught

were somewhat

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

relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution. Seeing the burn scars

top plastic surgeons who can

okay, Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he

stumbled at the mention, nearly missing the

10:55

pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of research topic?

throat to regain composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying it, so I thought Td learn a bit

that Calvin had a solution. Sienna also relaxed.

us for

rest of the Schnabel family didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as

held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their sister helping him with his food due to

Pollack isn’t well, he should

Palmer having a meal here? You’m the one who talks too much! Palmer, don’t mind him. Have some more to eat. How

worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a

for a couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay home and

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