The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 13

Eloise was trying to have her cake and eat it, too. She wanted Kieran, yet she also wanted to maintain her air of superiority and pride. After facing numerous trials and tribulations, Eloise and Kieran finally ended up together.

And there was Freya, turned into the tragic sacrifice for their love, deceived and played by both, only to meet a sorrowful demise.

Freya thought, 'Why stand in their way if Kieran and Eloise were truly in love?'

With a faint smile, Freya said, "Audrey, it has nothing to do with Ms. Harwood. I decided to call off the engagement with Mr. Sutton. Besides... Mr. Sutton and Ms. Harwood truly love each other, and I wish to see them happy."

Audrey was angry. "Nonsense! You were the granddaughter-in-law I had chosen. No other woman deserves to set foot in the Sutton family!"

Eloise's coffee cup slipped

a ghost. He immediately rushed over to check her injuries, only to find her wrist was slightly bleeding, her fingers burnt by the hot

any deeper, she could have lost the use

to lecture someone. Even if she serves coffee for a lifetime, I will never allow

was kept under wraps and

Kieran, since everyone is here, why don't you apologize to Freya properly and let Ms. Harwood know she should give up any hopes of marrying into the Sutton family? Our families will never

off the engagement with Mr.

could finish, Kieran interrupted coldly, "Freya, cut the act! If it weren't

here and apologize. It has nothing to do with Ms. Dawson. I'll leave now and never see you again. Ms. Dawson is the one

so stubborn yet vulnerable that anyone

typical Eloise, always saying one thing and