The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 6

Next door, Luna downed three bottles of hard cider, her voice getting hoarse as she belted out, "Love You 'Till Death."

Freya glanced at the trending topics on her phone, growing increasingly uneasy. She tugged at Luna's sleeve, asking, "When did I ever mention Kieran in this mess?" "Oops! My bad! I wrote that! News needs to be explosive to catch eyes, you know."

Freya's expression darkened. "Have you ever thought of the consequences?"

Flushed from the cider, Luna grabbed the mic and declared, "Consequences? What's the worst that can happen? Kieran will come at me with a knife, demanding I take down the post?" Bang! Suddenly, the private room's door was kicked open. The music screeched to a halt.

Freya's heart skipped a beat as she saw Kieran standing at the doorway, his face stormy. She knew Kieran would come after them, but she didn't expect him to show up so quickly. "You posted that news?" Kieran's voice was laced with frost.

Luna, frightened, hid behind Freya, who tried to stay calm as she said, "I did."

scoffed. He stepped forward, grabbed Luna,

had thought of struggling to protect Freya, but Silas had dragged

door shut, only Freya and Kieran

our engagement and went straight to a

her mind, prompting her to step back. "Mr. Sutton, you're the one who left me on our engagement day for Eloise. The Dawson family can't match the Sutton

"It was an accident!"

found a clever way to get my attention. But I should have

pinned her against the wall.

same day in her past life, right after the engagement party, when Audrey had Kieran take her home, only for him to leave her in the cold, saying, "We get engaged only because your family is useful to me, Freya. Don't

withdrew her hand and slapped Kieran across his

and Luna pushed the door open in

"Freya! Are you okay?"