The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 7

It was just one evening, and Freya, who had been all over Kieran with sweetness and light, seemed to have transformed into someone entirely different.

"Luna, let's go." Freya didn't even spare Kieran another glance as if looking at him one more time would make her sick.

Luna was drunk and still clueless about what had just happened.

And Silas was more baffled. He hadn't touched a drop of alcohol and wondered if he was seeing things.

The Freya, who had once spoken to Kieran in whispers, as caring and gentle as Eloise, had raised her hand against Kieran. And not just that, but slapped him across the face? "Kieran..." Silas waved his hand before Kieran's face, asking, "You're not knocked silly, right?"

Kieran seemed not to have recovered from the shock of that slap. Frowning, he pointed toward the door, "She dared to hit me?"

she did. The slap mark is

Kieran's expression turned even

had thrown at him moments before, Kieran couldn't help but laugh angrily. "Tell the

in the Dawson family, Freya frowned as she sat on

life, Kieran had always loathed her to the bone. If

slapped Kieran, grinding his

and said, "I thought Mr. Sutton was furious this time. Thankfully, Mr. Sutton isn't holding it against us. Freya, you should quickly go to the Sutton family and apologize to Mr. Sutton, and

should be you, Johanna. I'm not marrying

attitude was frosty, which displeased Johanna. "You stupid child, how can you be so thoughtless? Your father is gone, and if we don't rely on the Sutton

demeanor turned even

her father's death had been when she was most vulnerable. It was then that Kieran had extended a helping hand to the Dawson family, and Johanna had since been drilling into her the notion that Kieran harbored feelings for her. Gradually, she found herself falling for Kieran. She later found out that Kieran helped her only because she looked a bit like Eloise, which explained his willingness