The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 37

Sienna was still kind of hung up on it. Just thinking about Ashlyn’s tricks gives her the

heeble–jeebies.

“Don’t sweat it. Mom. Grandpa’s at Imperial West Hospital. I’ll swing by and check on him, too.”

“Alas, Noella, knock ‘em dead. I’ll sit this one out! I’ll make you a cake tomorrow!”

Noella was speechless. She wasn’t really counting on Sienna tagging along anyway.

Yvonne was beyond shocked.

The gunk Noella was chowing down turned out to be a homemade cupcake by Sienna herself!

Her face was so puckered it was practically twisted.

Yvonne felt a bit of schadenfreude thinking about Noella not getting any brownie points with Ashlyn at the hospital tomorrow.

If this kept up, Noella would definitely steal her thunder!

At Imperial City, the Pollack Mansion.

Annie, with a newspaper in hand, knocked on Palmer’s study door and placed the paper on his desk.

“Read it. I don’t recall being a fan of reading the newspaper.”

“Well, you asked for it, boss, so here goes! “Tranquility City’s Lambert family (originally from Linefort City’s Peace Village) Vincent and Belinda have officially disowned their adopted daughter Noella. The Lambert family wants nothing to do with Noella anymore and hopes to avoid further entanglements, parting ways amicably…“”

She cleared her throat and dramatically read the public notice from the newspaper, but Palmer snatched it before she could finish.

“A public notice from the Lambert family?”

“Yep, they’ve cut ties with Ms. Noella. I did some digging, and she was their adopted daughter. Now that their biological daughter is back, they’ve kicked Noella to the curb.”

Kicked to the curb? How dare they!

Palmer’s thoughts went to her gentle yet defiant face; she cared so much about her family, and yet she was treated like this.

His heart ached uncontrollably! He wanted to see her right now!

Annie, indignant, said, “Ms. Noella is such a gem, and they’ve gone too far!”

Palmer rubbed his temples, stood up, and grabbed his coat and car keys from his desk; this

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beat–up car had become his go–to lately, and even the mansion’s gardener got a new ride.

you off to see Ms. Noella? Why not switch cars? This one’s a bit too

pity seeing her boss, dressed to the nines, driving a car that cost less than one of

Palmer, t

billionaires for six straight years, was reduced to driving a manual sedan worth a mere hundred grand and playing an

make this stuff up!

see this and think the

up…”

this one.”

must be feeling down after seeing

“Won’t I scare her

showcasing your power, is key!”

“Alright, got it.”

Meanwhile.

Azure store’s back office, Noella’s slender fingers tapped away at the keyboard, and a string of gibberish characters appeared

mind the data, pulling up info from a website she developed herself.

came through

a job ad on the deep web, hoping Lunaris will join their

“Disregard it.”

for Lunaris also landed in her deep web account for

snag with a deal; it looked like a loss, but someone from Abyssal Organization gave us a leg up. Boss, we in

“We’ve had dealings.”

Should we cut all ties with them, too?”

was fuming; if it weren’t for the boss’s behind–the–scenes aid, did Vincent really think he was some business whiz? With his smarts? Avoiding bankruptcy was already a stroke of

cut her loose as if they couldn’t wait to part with

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on the

spoke softly. “No, based on market cooperation, claim

Erek was astounded.

right to hit up the Lambert family for the

getting psyched!

draft the paperwork!

ignoring the intricate web of data,

recovered Milford along Rising Glory Mall’s luxury

to Imperial City for a shopping spree just after getting better. I’m

few times, flashing what he thought was a killer smile.

him out, he wouldn’t have had the chance to escape Tranquility

the new models showing up

Briony was also a way to keep her from tagging along later in

you’re a lifesaver for bringing me those documents; you really pulled the Rosenberg family out of the fire. Don’t worry, I’ll treat

beamed, the picture of a blushing,

still doing in

Glory Mall: Dressed in a simple outfit, Noella stepped into a

wild guys she’s snagged. I really

her!”

shadow flickered in Milford’s