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.

the implications of speaking to the future Mrs. Sutton in such

Dawson, even if tonight were your wedding, not your engagement party, I'd still follow

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

didn't give up. "What if I insist on seeing him

sighed, "Ms. Dawson, why embarrass

uninvited, and waited for him to finish work, only for

like her possibly become the future

was Audrey's insistence, not a genuine desire from him. In

the bodyguard thought Freya would retreat as usual after his threat, she sharply

guard,

heiress of 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

didn't mean..." His tone softened. Freya had always been compliant, never speaking out against them.

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