The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 46

Tristan has no idea how vast Marcel’s connections were!

Yvonne’s eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw that mountain of gifts worth at king’s ransom!

A ghostly voice whispered in Yvonne’s ear.

“Yvonne, where do you think you’re going?”

“Ah! Elara, you scared the bejeezus out of me!”

Elara was so close to Yvonne’s ear when she spoke that Yvonne practically jumped out of her skin!

“Cut the act. You’re the one who leaked that video, right? You showed it to me before. Don’t you dare say someone swiped your phone and played it at Noella’s birthday party on purpose!”

Yvonne was crying up a storm, all choked up. “I was just looking out for Noella! What if she’s got a crush on someone and doesn’t want to marry Mr. Pollack? I can’t bear to see her unhappy! Elara, how could you think I did it on purpose?”

Elara frowned at Yvonne, making her squirm with guilt.

“Elara, Grandma’s in the hospital with no one to look after her. I’m heading there now, so can we talk about this when I get back, please?”

“Go ahead.

Elara watched Yvonne beat a hasty retreat, her eyes scrutinizing her every move.

Something about Yvonne just didn’t sit right with her.

After the party, Tristan turned to Palmer. “Didn’t you say you had something to discuss with

us?”

The four Schnabel sons were on high alert, ready to bounce Palmer if he even hinted at stealing their sister away.

“It’s my granddad; he’s hoping Noella would come to see him. And someone from the Schnabel family bought some trending searches that were harmful to both our families. I’ve dealt with it. but you still have the right to know.”

Tristan tensed up. “What trending searches?”

Annie handed over a phone, respectfully saying, “Mr. Schnabel, it was Miss Yvonne who bought the searches, claiming she’s the only daughter of the Schnabel family.”

“Shoot, how could I forget about that Yvonne girl?” Tristan looked around but couldn’t spot Yvonne anywhere. “What was she thinking, buying that kind of trending search? Thank

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goodness Mr. Pollack caught it in time, otherwise our families‘ reputations would’ve been trashed. I disown her; she’s at best a granddaughter my mother took in.”

lady’s not well, and her mind gets muddled. As for your grandfather wanting to see Noella, that’s easy. Noella visits her grandpa every day, so she can drop by to

to help Palmer’s grandfather and wouldn’t back out now just because she finds out he’s not really a broke

go tomorrow.”

pick you up: I live next door,

house for Noella there. He should’ve bought Noella a castle! He didn’t believe Palmer could be neighbors

Lambert Mansion, Tranquility

her phone, green with envy as she watched Ms. Schnabel’s birthday party. being livestreamed worldwide! Any old wine glass there would cover her living expenses for a

month.

stream froze, leaving Briony unable to catch a glimpse of

all this be

eagle–eyed, spotted someone in the corner of the frame holding

What’s she doing

sneered at the

snag an old geezer… She’ll get

felt it was bad luck and quickly turned off the live

snuck into Vincent’s study, swiped a few documents, and hopped a cab to the Rosenberg

the four of them

said, “I think Palmer’s genuinely

said, “So what? Noella just got home, and I won’t allow her to marry off so soon! Not before

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calmer. “Thirty? Forget Noella, Mom and Dad and

he can marry our little sister that easily?

in the Pollack Group, see if they’ve got any dirty laundry. Can’t have Noella marrying into

all exchanged meaningful looks, the

of their sister getting married soon had them all up in arms!

if–and I just mean what if–Noella likes him?”

business. “Whether Noella likes him or not, we gotta vet this guy. We can’t let Noella

pure and innocent, a total newbie to the world. They had to be the ones to protect

in Noella’s room.

messages all from Palmer. She was just getting the usual barrage of texts from him asking where she was, if she

the party wrapped up, he kept blowing up her phone like there

straight into her block list and turned her attention.

you. Thank you so much.]

Hector replied.

by Imperial City next month to check in on you. Heard the Gemstone Gambling King is headed that way too. You caught wind

you up then.]

see you

Gemstone Gambling Kings were in the chat–how many of them were actually going to show up in Imperial City

like Master Hector was also looking