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?”

touch scorching due to the fever, his palm pressing hotly

you

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

playing on his lips, as elusive as

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

to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart.

tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought

that mean… she did worry

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.

seemed far

grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning kiss into her

“Goodnight.”

Palmer’s face, and left the room in a fluster!

just left the Pollack Mansion,

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

was real enough, though the circumstances were

stairs, only to see Sienna

mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to have reached a sweet resolution.

hurt, sweetheart? Don’t worry, I know several top plastic surgeons who can

he can take care of

downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing

10:55

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

his throat to regain composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying it, so I thought Td

had a

you stay with us for a

was as if her joining

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

back his imitation “If Mr. Pollack isn’t well, he should stay in the hospital instead.

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

Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small mishap during a site inspection

from the company for a couple of days. The place will run without you. Stay home and spend some time with

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