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.

fiancée after tonight. You might want to think about the implications of speaking to the future Mrs.

if tonight were your wedding, not your engagement party, I'd still follow orders. If Mr. Sutton says he's unavailable,

Kieran's eyes, she had always

up. "What if I insist

sighed, "Ms. Dawson,

months, Freya 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

possibly become the

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

threat, she sharply retorted, "Is this

off guard, the

wouldn't dare speak to me this way. And

Mrs. Sutton, but she was undoubtedly the darling

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

the Sutton family isn't genuinely interested in joining with the Dawson family. Perhaps we should call off