The Killer Queen ( Noella Briony ) novel Chapter 460

Millie eyed the rattlesnake on the ground, a flicker of amusement in her gaze.

Never in her life had she received a rattlesnake as a gift!

"Boss, your choice of gift is certainly unique."

But, she liked it!

Millie picked up the rattlesnake from the ground, swinging it around like a makeshift baton.

"Tell me, Jasper, with gifts like these, are you trying to lock lips with me or what?"

Jasper froze mid-step.

"You always start talking nonsense when you're nervous."

Millie was taken aback!

When had she ever been nervous!

Jasper seemed entirely at ease, hands casually buried in his hoodie pocket, his gaze slightly lifted.

"Observing micro-expressions is a skill every lawyer should possess."

Millie lifted her foot to kick Jasper.

"Bullshit! That's criminal psychology! I'm no criminal!"

Jasper dodged the kick effortlessly, retorting, "Same difference."

Millie's expression had already given her away.

She always blurted out nonsense when nervous, something Jasper had noticed long ago but never pointed out.

Millie scratched her cheek.

"Seems I've underestimated Mr. Schnabel."

"It's not too late to revise your opinion."

The corridors of the Baker Group were a maze of surveillance and patrolling goons.

Pulling out her phone, Millie mused, "Huh, my mentor and Palmer are coming too."

"What's Noella doing here?"

"Making a scene, I guess. No biggie."

Jasper's eyes widened.

"How can you say it's no big deal? This place is dangerous, what if something happens to Noella!"

She must definitely be here for him!

Millie looked conflicted.

"Mr. Schnabel, my mentor is tougher than me. You should be more worried about yourself."

"That's not going to fly! Even if Noella is tough, she's still a kid! How can I, as her brother, let her take such risks?"

Seeing Jasper determined to find Noella, Millie didn't intervene.

"Millie, which way do you think they'll come in?"

They were in the Baker Group's underground facility, and Jasper guessed Noella and Palmer would use the underground passages.

Millie speculated, "Knowing my mentor, they'll probably come through the front door."

Jasper was shocked, "The front door?!"

That's way too dangerous!

"Let's go up and see."

Climbing the narrow staircase and pushing open the manhole cover above, Millie pointed towards two figures standing at the front gate.

"See, I was right."

At the gate, Noella, dressed in a hoodie and jeans, looked like any other student.

Palmer, dressed simply, seemed like her tourist boyfriend, casually visiting this "attraction."

Not only Jasper and Millie, but even Connor, sitting in his office, was stunned!

People had made scenes before, but never quite like this!

Who would have thought of using rattlesnakes as belts!

It seemed she had underestimated these two little moles' resourcefulness.

Bailey's smile was strained, "Of course, we wouldn't dream of it. How could we take from our guests?"

Noella calmly stated her request, "We'd like to take a look around, if that's alright?"

"…Of course, please."

After taking custody of the Baker Group executives Noella brought, Bailey led them through the Baker Group's complex.

"May I ask where our guests hail from?"

"Imperial City."

"I'm from Imperial City too. Oh, how I miss my home."

"Do you find it comfortable here, Ms. Baker?"

Bailey hadn't expected Noella to ask such a question and laughed softly.

"Comfortable? Absolutely. There's no place like here."

"You might not know this, but I ended up here because back in the day, I was drowning in debt. When my mom got sick, I maxed out every credit card and took loans from every shady lender you could think of. And then, I didn't pay back a dime!"

Bailey's face, radiant as a Hollywood starlet's, was adorned with a smile so captivating it was almost sinful.

"You might find it hard to believe, but to get my mom the treatment she needed, borrowing money was my only option. I paid back what I could to friends and family, but those loans were from the underworld of finance. I blew the whistle on them, and when the authorities cracked down, it didn't touch me one bit."

Bailey's smile was light and breezy, as if she was talking about some trivial, everyday occurrence.

"After all, I couldn't care less about those nude photos they left on my doorstep. We all have the same bits and pieces, what's there to be ashamed of?"

"But what really got to me, was my mom! She was furious that I got into such a mess trying to borrow money for her treatment. She thought it was disgraceful!"

"Every day was a living hell for me. I didn't care about the scandals, but my mom kept bringing it up, cursing me, telling me I'd be better off dead. Towards the end, she was so ill, and I couldn't borrow a cent."

Bailey chuckled softly, "So after she passed, I found my way here. The place that's both the brightest and darkest in the world!"

"Welcome to the Baker Group, ladies and gentlemen!"