The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 3

Freya made her way toward Kieran with determination in her steps.

Kieran didn't even glance her way.-

Quick to intercept, his bodyguard blocked her path smoothly. "Ms. Dawson, Mr. Sutton is occupied and can't see you now."

"I need to speak with Kieran," Freya insisted.

"Mr. Sutton is entertaining guests now and can't spare the time," the bodyguard replied, his patience wearing thin.

Freya noted the bodyguard's attitude, but it wasn't surprising.

After all, she had just been a lovesick puppy following Kieran around, likely getting on his nerves nonstop. It made sense that his bodyguard felt emboldened to speak to her this way.

want to think about the implications of speaking to the future Mrs. Sutton in such a manner," she

Freya claim the title of Mrs. Sutton, the bodyguard's disdain grew. "Ms. Dawson, even if tonight were your wedding, not your engagement party, I'd

So, in Kieran's eyes, she had

if I insist on

"Ms. Dawson, why embarrass yourself like

waited for him to finish work, only for him to stay late to avoid her. It was clear to

like her possibly become the

insistence, not a genuine desire from him. In their eyes, only Eloise was seen as the

after his threat, she sharply retorted, "Is this the kind

guard, the bodyguard

the Dawson family. Even Kieran wouldn't dare speak to me this way. And you, a mere bodyguard, dare to

not yet be Mrs. Sutton, but she was undoubtedly the darling

had always been compliant, never speaking out against them. But

genuinely interested in joining with the Dawson family. Perhaps we should call