The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 5

When Freya stepped out of the car, Johanna's vehicle screeched to a halt right behind her.

Johanna burst out of the car, yelling, "Freya! Have you lost your mind? Announcing a break-off at a time like this? Are you out of your wits?"

Freya ignored her, calmly removing every piece of jewelry on her as she walked.

Seeing Freya return early, Nancy asked in confusion, "Ms. Dawson? Isn't your engagement party with Mr. Sutton tonight? Why are you back already?"

Without a word, Freya headed straight to her walk-in closet. She yanked off her pearl necklace and stepped out of her evening gown, tossing every piece of clothing that screamed Eloise-style into a cardboard box. "Ms. Dawson! What are you doing?" Nancy was dumbstruck.

Freya glanced at the row of perfumes on the shelf, all once favorites of Eloise. She smashed every bottle on the floor with a crash, startling Nancy.

"Nancy, step aside." Freya's voice was icy, leaving no room for argument. She picked up the cardboard box and went downstairs.

into a large drum in the Dawson family's backyard. With a toss of gasoline and a lighter, it instantly blazed out from

her a second chance. This time, she wouldn't be Eloise's understudy. Thinking this,

your family's newspaper run a story for me? It's something that'll go viral in an hour. I'll cover the

Kieran? You don't need to announce

"I've changed my mind."

what? Wishing you'd let

I'm

three months!"

her engagement with

on the day of their engagement,

calls off her engagement with the Sutton Group's CEO, Kieran, to avoid

Silas was holding his

out, Kieran slapped his hand away,

family, of course. You have no idea how much they've pushed this story. They even printed a hundred thousand copies of the paper with this as the front-page headline. Now, the whole net knows the CEO of the Sutton Group can't get it up, topping the trending