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

me, do you worry about

his account. But now that she was here, he yeamed for an

lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging outside the window.

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

sleep now. You don’t have

medicine kicked in, and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or

wouldn’t be heartbroken- did that mean… she

watched Palmer drift off to sleep again. She couldn’t shake the feeling that Palmer’s fever wasn’t due to his

injuries seemed far more

Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning kiss into her palm.

“Goodnight.”

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

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

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

though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the

as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding

to have reached a sweet resolution.

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

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

stumbled at the mention, nearly missing the last

10:55

when did you pick up an interest in

studying it, so I thought

that Calvin had a solution. Sienna also

stay with us

Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table

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

isn’t well, he

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 did you get hurt all of a sudden?”

Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small

couple of days. The place will run

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