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.

Noella? Why not switch cars? This one’s a bit

her boss, dressed to the nines, driving a car that cost

Palmer, t

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

this

see this and think the Pollack

up…”

likes this one.”

Noella must be feeling down after seeing the paper; pick her

slightly, uncertain. “Won’t I scare

cars now, showcasing your power,

“Alright, got it.”

Meanwhile.

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

the data, pulling up info from a

came through the

been sniffing around for the Phantom Surgeon Lunaris, even posted a job ad on the deep web, hoping

“Disregard it.”

landed in her

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

“We’ve had dealings.”

Lambert–family made their split with you public. Should we cut all ties with

Vincent really think he was some business whiz? With his smarts? Avoiding bankruptcy

loose as if they couldn’t wait to part with their riches. Just the thought made Erek want

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paused, tapping her pristine fingers on

“No, based on market cooperation,

Erek was astounded.

up the

was getting

the paperwork! Let Vincent taste

web of data, and closed the

pushed a somewhat recovered Milford along Rising Glory Mall’s luxury lane.

to me, taking me to Imperial City for a shopping spree just after getting better.

plaster–cast hand around a few times, flashing what he thought was a

Briony dragging him out, he wouldn’t have had the chance to escape Tranquility City and hit up the grand opening of the

faces, the new models showing up tonight made

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

me those documents; you really pulled the Rosenberg family out of

picture of a

Noella? What’s she still doing in Imperial

frowned, eyeing Noella at the entrance of Rising Glory Mall: Dressed in a simple outfit, Noella stepped into a

those wild guys she’s

her!”

flickered in