The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 30

Once Noella sees him, she would surely soften up! After all, he’s the dad who’s raised her for over a decade!

However, Vincent started to waver. “That chick’s definitely scrubbing floors at Rising Glory Mall, but who knows what time she clocks in every day? If she’s a no–show, am I supposed to just hang around? That’s just a blow to my dignity.”

How can he, a big shot businessman in Tranquility City, stoop to loitering around a mall entrance for a cleaner? How’s he gonna face anyone after that?

“Mr. Lambert, why don’t you just chill at a café near Rising Glory Mall and wait it out? Bet you’ll spot Noella in no time.”

Vincent thought it over and, gritting his teeth, agreed to the plan.

“This is all Noella’s fault. Just wait till Belinda and Briony are out of the police station; I’ll show

her!”

“Of course, Noella’s family is nothing but a bunch of unreasonable bumpkins. In the end, they’ll have to listen to you.”

The Schnabel Mansion’s vast living room was filled with jewelry boxes. Among them, diamond and gemstone necklaces shimmered inside their velvet cases, with a pink diamond necklace worth a whopping billion right in the center. Each diamond boasted three carats, with the centerpiece rivaling the size of a pigeon’s egg, sparkling like crazy!

Yvonne was practically blinded by the sea of diamond necklaces as soon as she walked in!

Did Sienna buy all these?

Sienna always had a thing for jewels, stocking up every year. As a lady of the Schnabel family’s status, jewels were an essential part of Sienna’s getup.

meant Yvonne

Elara, on the other hand, couldn’t care less about these trinkets; it was always Yvonne who accompanied Sienna on her jewelry hauls. Sienna’s shopping sprees inevitabl would manage to snag a little something for herself.

Now, drool practically dripped down Yvonne’s chin at the sight of all those diamond necklaces! She had already picked out which one she’d drape around her neck!

“Mom, what in the world are you doing?”

Sienna waved her over. “Noella’s birthday bash is just around the corner, and I need to pick out a necklace to wear. Come help me decide which one’s a fit!”

Yvonne, feigning difficulty, picked up a rather old–fashioned jade necklace.

“This one’s the perfect match for you, Mom. That pink diamond’s nice, sure, but a tad too

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her eye on that necklace the moment she walked int

not that Sienna couldn’t rock the pink diamond, a beauty like her would

as an option if she mentioned it to her first. And just like that, the pink diamond

the jade necklace Yvonne mentioned

this one then, Give

froze solid!

that necklace is for Noella?”

for

shocked, thinking this must

there- diamonds, rubles, and even some rare pearls.

for that country bumpkin?

shopping with Sienna, Yvonne might score a necklace with a measly two–carat diamond. And now, the bumpkin waltzes in and

these goodies?

just too much. Noella’s room won’t even

her off. “Nonsense. We’ll just buy more rooms if we must. For these things, space is hardly an

was at a

the country bumpkin get it all!

moved among jewels that should’ve been hers, her face almost twisted in agony at the thought that they were all for Noella!

this should all be

and spoke up softly, “Ms. Yvonne, these treasures should be yours. Ms. Noella has just returned

to the nanny in

grow up, Ms. Yvonne. I know your character best. You’re

do? Mom and Dad are totally duped by

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lower. “I overheard while cooking that Ms. Noella used to have a fiancé. Maybe you should dig into it. For

sparkled in Yvonne’s

that girl was too

the mall entrance, shifting his weight from foot to foot. He’d been waiting here

the café closed, yet he

up post–lunch, post–nap, and wait until the café kicked him out without a

beyond irritated, his feet blistered and

up at the curb, its flashy

knockout, with skin as smooth as porcelain, and

her as Noella!

you to spring your mom and sister from the slammer, and here you are, out shopping like you

a logo in sight – she must’ve snagged it from some