The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 18

Kieran's gaze was icy as he looked at Freya, his voice laced with frost as if he was moments away from tearing her apart.

"Kieran! Stop it. You've got the wrong idea about Ms. Dawson. It was my own choice to... to do this..."

"Ellie, you're too kind, and that's why people take advantage of you! I've told you that you don't need to see her."

Watching Kieran defend Eloise was something Freya had anticipated. Eloise always seemed to end up hurt whenever Kieran was around.

From the moment Eloise metaphorically knelt, Freya had sensed something was off. But she was happy to play along in Eloise's game. After all, as long as she could make Kieran despise her, the wedding would be called off regardless. "Freya, I knew you could be two-faced, but this level of malice is something else! Ellie's always been delicate. If anything happens to her, I won't forgive you!" With that, Kieran took Eloise by the hand and left.

Eloise had plenty of opportunities to explain herself, but she chose silence, even casting an apologetic glance Freya's way.

smug look hidden in Eloise's eyes. It was as if she was saying, 'See? You might be engaged to him,

the ground and called out to the departing pair, "Ms. Harwood, you dropped your

and Kieran noticed the

"Ellie, you gave her

lip, saying, "I just... didn't want you two

"Ms. Harwood, I'm calling off the engagement. I doubt Mr. Sutton would want to stick with someone as shady and nasty as me. So, I have no use

her. She wasn't foolish. Eloise had intentionally left the card, knowing if Freya accepted it under these circumstances, it would only lead to bigger issues with Kieran later. "Ellie, let's go." Kieran didn't engage

family, Johanna was anxiously waiting. "Where

the Dawson family's assets will end up in her hands alone? You

was panicking. He had boasted to his friends about inheriting the Freya family's fortune. It would be unacceptable

inwardly, 'No!