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?”

his touch scorching due to the

you

didn’t want her distracted on his account.

a ghost of a smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging

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

Palmer back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a broken heart.

it was fatigue or happiness that brought a

mean… she did worry about him,

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 the

seemed far

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

“Goodnight.”

covers over Palmer’s

the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards

caught a fever from

the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome

to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full of

her greatest trial in life being a tumultuous mother–in–law relationship, which now seemed to

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

Schnabel said he can take care of it.”

the mention, nearly missing the

10:55

an interest in bum

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

a solution. Sienna

Professor Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for a while.

It was as if her joining them at the table was the most natural thing in the

a hint of hostility, especially when they

imitation “If Mr. Pollack isn’t well, he

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 mind him. Have some

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

“Now that you’re hurt, take a break from the company for a couple of days.

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