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.

Sutton's fiancée after tonight. You might want to think about the implications of speaking to the future Mrs. Sutton in such

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

trouble?' So, in Kieran's eyes, she had always been a

didn't give up. "What if I insist

Dawson, why embarrass

had been doggedly pursuing Kieran. She delivered breakfast to his office only for him to ignore it, showed up uninvited, and waited for him to finish work, only for him to stay late to avoid

could someone like her possibly become

was Audrey's insistence, not a genuine desire from him. In their eyes, only Eloise was seen as the future lady of

would retreat as usual after his threat, she sharply retorted, "Is

guard, the

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

might not yet be Mrs. Sutton, but she

His tone softened. Freya had always been compliant, never speaking out against them.

joining with the Dawson family. Perhaps we