The Killer Queen by Noella Briony - Chapter 212
Chapter 212
Palmer’s voice was a jumble of tones.
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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 | 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
fora
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.
“4 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?”
Palmer reached out his touch scorching due to the fever, his palm pressing hotly against Noella’s cheek.
“Noella, tell me, do you worry about me?”
He wanted his girl to care, yet he didn’t want her distracted on his account. But now that she was here, he yeamed for an
answer.
Palmer squinted slightly, a ghost of a smile playing on his lips, as elusive as the moon still hanging outside the window.
“If | told you and 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 with exhaustion and longingnovelbin
Noella’s eyelashes fluttered as she tucked Palmer back under the covers. “Go to sleep now. You don’t have to worry about a
broken heart. Yours is just fine.”
The medicine kicked in, and it was hard to tell whether it was fatigue or happiness that brought a smile to Palmer’s face first.
She said he wouldn’t be heartbroken- did that mean… she did worry about him, even just a little bit?
Noella frowned slightly as she watched 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. His wound wasn’t inflamed; the lever seemed more like the result of getting
drenched.
Annie’s injuries seemed far more severe.
While Noella pondered, she felt her hand grasped by Palmer’s, and he pressed a burning kiss into her palm.
“Goodnight.”
Noella quickly withdrew her hand, yanked the covers over Palmer’s face, and left the room in a fluster!
Annie, who had just left the Pollack Mansion, glanced back towards her boss’s home.
“Geez, | wonder if Ms. Noella will question how Boss caught a fever from such a minor injury? Probably not!”
After all, the wound was real enough, though the circumstances were somewhat convoluted. The outcome was the same, wasn’t
it?
The next morning, Noella yawned as she descended the stairs, only to see Sienna holding Malvina with a face full of motherly
love.
Sienna was soft-hearted, her greatest trial in life 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.
“Does it hurt, sweetheart? Don’t worry, | know several top plastic surgeons who can fix you right up!*
“It’s okay, Sienna, Dr. Schnabel said he can take care of it.”
Ulrich, coming downstairs, nearly stumbled at the mention, nearly missing the last step.
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Jasper questioned, “Since when did you pick up an interest in bum treatment? Change of research topic?
Ulrich cleared his throat to regain composure Thofessor Calvin has been studying it, so | thought Td learn a bit as well
Hearing that Calvin had a solution. Sienna also relaxed.
“That’s wonderful. Nothing beats Professor Calvin Malvina, you stay with us for a while. I’ll cook you some delicious meals!”
The rest of the Schnabel family didn’t show any surprise at Malvina’s presence. It was as if her joining them at the table was the
most natural thing in the world.
But seeing Palraer at the breakfast table, the Schnabel brothers‘ eyes held a hint of hostility, especially when they saw their
sister helping him with his food due to his bandaged wrist.
Jasper couldn’t hold back his imitation “If Mr. Pollack isn’t well, he should stay in the hospital instead.
Tristan slapped him 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 mind him. Have some more to eat. How did you get hurt all of a sudden?”
Palmer, accepting the pomidge Noella had prepared, thanked her. “Thanks, Noella. Sorry to worry you, Tristan, Just a small
mishap during a site inspection at work, nothing serious”
Sexton chuckled at 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 and spend some time with Noella.”