The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 11

"Sorry to break it to you, but your inheritance? It's gone." Freya's face was adorned with a superficial smile, yet it bore an unmistakable air of superiority.

Johanna and Leland were livid, their faces flushed with anger. Meanwhile, from outside the room, a maid's astonished voice echoed, "Mr. Sutton? What brings you here?" At that, Freya frowned slightly.

Before anyone noticed, Kieran appeared at the doorway. He had seen everything happening in the room and let out a cold laugh.

This aggressive side of Freya was something he hadn't seen before.

Seeing Kieran, Johanna quickly plastered a sycophantic smile on her face. "Mr. Sutton, you should have given us a heads-up. I would have sent someone to welcome you!"

"No need. I'm just here to say my piece and then I'm out," Kieran replied, keeping his tone even and giving nothing away.

the room, cheerfully saying, "Don't worry, Mr. Sutton, we'll

all too familiar with such lowly tricks. If the news of Kieran being in Ms. Dawson's room alone with her got out, society would assume she was Kieran's woman. And in Echo City, no one

since our engagement is off, it's

woman were alone in a room, with the door shut as if

the weak and pitiful in front of Grandma, bullying and insulting your family when they're not around. I

had not caught the whole story, misunderstanding her intentions

happier she was. The

right. I'm a deceitful woman and not worth your time to come to the Dawson family to see

to you, do you think I'd come to see you? Freya, you think too

to her. You won't be put in a difficult position." Freya stepped aside, seriously telling Kieran, "Mr. Sutton, if you've said all you wanted, the way out is downstairs. I won't see you

looking as if he was about to explode at any

more important than Eloise to Kieran. If she harmed Eloise, she would cross Kieran's red line. He would never