The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 4

As soon as Freya finished her piece, Kieran's assistant dashed over, a look of urgency on his face.

Kieran was usually as steady as a rock, unflappable even in the face of disaster.-

Even when Freya had broached the subject of calling off their engagement, he hadn't batted an eyelid. But then, his pupils shrank, his face filled with tension.

Freya knew the news of Eloise's self-harm must have reached him.

Seeing Kieran was about to storm off, Freya stepped squarely in his path. "Mr. Sutton, we haven't finished our conversation."

"Move." Kieran's tone was icy, laced with a hint of danger.

To him, Freya was just a way to placate the Sutton family and his grandmother. He harbored no affection for her. He could marry Freya but wouldn't let it slide easily if something serious happened to Eloise. Freya stood her ground, asking, "Mr. Sutton, you're in such a hurry to see Ms. Harwood, are you?"

might take Mrs. Sutton's place, but don't dream of anything beyond that!" Listening to Kieran, Freya

her voice, Freya declared, "Kieran, it is our engagement party. If you walk out that door to see

but it was enough for all the guests to hear. The flash from the media's cameras

me with breaking

and left. He didn't believe Freya had the guts to call off the engagement with the

CEO has chosen to break off our engagement for Ms. Harwood. I, Freya, am willing to step aside. From here on out, Kieran and I will have nothing to do with each

with other ladies, went pale, her champagne glass slipping through her fingers. 'What? She's breaking off the engagement,

the car, the driver asked, "Mr. Sutton, if Ms. Dawson truly means

the engagement?' Kieran let out a

with Freya herself going so far as to mimic Eloise's style to win his favor. Now

stop Freya from playing games before me. If Freya

it hadn't been for Audrey's urgency to see him wed, Kieran wouldn't have rushed into an

we

Dawson family still has their uses to