The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 59

Palmer’s voice sounded a bit whiny.

Over at the Pollack Group, things were crazy busy, plus he’d been on–call like a full–time chauffeur for someone recently, racking up a backlog of work.

Now Noella wouldn’t even spare him the time for a meal. What, was he less charming than Thorpe or something?

“I wanna see you. Is that cool?”

The voice was so woeful it tugged at Noella’s heartstrings. Noella couldn’t help but twitch a smile and cave in.

“Alright, but I’ve got stuff to do in a bit.”

“Just text me the address, and I’ll pick you up.”

Noella grunted an acknowledgment and hung up.

Beckett looked up from a mountain of papers, casually asking, “Palmer?”

“Yeah, he wants to grab dinner tonight.”

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Beckett didn’t say much, just slid a bank card over to Noella. The black and gold card screamed low–key luxury, with the Rising Glory Bank logo catching the eye.

“Why are you giving me money?”

“Schnabel family dinners always involve give and take. Even if you’re engaged to Palmer, your gotta stay in the driver’s seat, get it?”

Beckett wasn’t thrilled about Noella hanging out alone with Palmer, but she’d already agreed, and he wasn’t about to cook up a reason to keep his sister tied down.

“Schnabel girls can play the game and handle a loss. No matter how tough the Pollack family is, if the Schnabels aren’t keen on a wedding, tough luck for them. Hang out with Palmer without any pressure. If you’re over it, just shoot me a text and I’ll sort out the break–off with the Pollacks in no time!”

Noella was flabbergasted. Calling off an engagement with a text?

She was gobsmacked!

Beckett chuckled a bit sheepishly, the picture of elegance and gentleness.

doing some high–end client research lately, occupational hazard. Let’s keep it our little secret. Take the money, and if it’s

“Thanks, Beckett.”

Chapter 59

of East Sea Culture

tailor–made Azure suit, stood before Noella, reporting on recent

got snatched by Thorpe, and might even skip

“Nah.”

with their sharp senses, would catch on to Yvonne’s situation soon enough. Dropping them a hint at the right time was all that was

Abyssal Organization goons beat us to the punch! They even said you should go ask their big boss directly.

got dinner plans with Abyssal’s head honcho tonight.”

turned and clung to Ivan behind him, the two weeping

fiancé and still sacrificing her charm for the sake of the organization. Boss, what if Abyssal’s leader is

“Are you daft? If it’s a pervert, it’s perfect bait for the boss. With those killer

it be, boss, you’re actually keeping the Pollack CEO as a backup? Oh man, this is too thrilling! Who are we gonna end up

her wit’s end sometimes dealing with these quirky geniuses.

experiments.

kind of heartless boss was

calling non–stop. I haven’t picked

“Yeah, don’t bother.”

decided to move old Mrs. Lambert’s grave, with the Lambert

Culture Company boss’s number from Vincent’s contacts, convinced that if

was super confident in her looks, but the security guard at

to

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Mr. Alkaid directly. If he says

end! Did she not want to call Mr. Alkaid? The problem was he . didn’t even pick up unknown calls, straight

for a job interview. I promise I’ll be a

what we don’t lack here are pretty faces and confidence. Your looks don’t cut it at

the big screen by the door. “See, you gotta

family had bought out all the mall screens to celebrate Noella’s birthday, and even the former Polaris Star Lab was plastered with birthday posters of her.

cares, as long as it’s not hanging at the entrance of the Lunar Lab, we’re all good.” If Noella hadn’t put her foot down, they would’ve plastered her poster on the latest satellite and sent their boss

was getting shown up by Noella’s face at East Sea

resentfully, “She’s had work done! She didn’t look anything