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.

research lately, occupational hazard. Let’s keep it our little secret. Take the money, and if it’s not

“Thanks, Beckett.”

Chapter 59

Office of East

a tailor–made Azure suit, stood before

Yvonne got snatched by Thorpe, and might even skip the country. Should we

“Nah.”

situation soon enough.

Thorpe’s location pinned, then those Abyssal Organization goons beat us to the punch! They even said you should go ask their big boss directly. That Abyssal Organization is playing dirty,

got dinner plans with

Ivan behind him, the

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

daft? If it’s a pervert, it’s perfect bait for the boss. With those killer looks, what can’t the boss do? Boss, you can’t tell your

the Pollack CEO as a backup? Oh man, this is too thrilling! Who are

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

to tonight’s experiments. No sleep until they’re done.”

even harder. What kind of heartless boss was this!

non–stop. I haven’t picked up, even blocked him.”

“Yeah, don’t bother.”

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

number from Vincent’s contacts, convinced that if

in her looks, but the security guard at the

to see Mr. Alkaid.

12:46

stony–laced at the entrance. “You can call Mr. Alkaid directly. If he says okay, then you

The problem was he . didn’t

interview. I promise I’ll be a hit if I join your

giving Briony the once–over. “Lady, 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 at least be

was plastered with birthday posters of her. Seeing

like, “Who 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

she was getting shown up by Noella’s face at

muttered resentfully, “She’s had work done! She didn’t look anything like this before.”