The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 47

Had it not been for her parents insisting, she would never have shown up to this birthday bash. A bunch of unbearable people spewing unbearable nonsense!

"Luna, come on, everyone knows you're Freya's BFF. No need to cover for her! Why don't you give Freya a call and invite her over? Just tell her it's Ms. Harwood's birthday bash. And Mr. Sutton is about to lock lips with Ms. Harwood. I bet she'll come running!" Laughter erupted around the room at the comment.

Luna's face turned a shade of furious blue. "You... You guys!"

"Not gonna call? Fine, I'll do it myself!" One of the privileged brats grabbed Luna's phone, causing her face to turn pale. "Give it back!"

Seeing this, Silas said with a dark expression, "Lloyd! That's enough. Hand Luna her phone back!"

"It's ringing! It's ringing!"

Already tipsy, a few of the guys were getting overly excited.

be heard from the

room fell

"Ms. Dawson, Mr. Sutton's drunk! He's about to

the line. Kieran's gaze inadvertently shifted to Luna's phone. And when he snapped back to reality, his expression

Why did he care

the phone. "Reya! Don't come!

the phone. "So, what's it gonna be, Ms. Dawson? Are you coming or not? Cause if you don't, Mr. Sutton's gonna

anticipating the drama. Kieran leaned back on the couch, surprisingly not intervening. Eloise frowned at Kieran's

them in their place, but this time, he didn't stop them and seemed

an inexplicable panic. "Kieran, don't

Freya's indifferent voice came through. "Did you take

like that. We're all just having a good time! It's Ms. Harwood's birthday, after all. Everyone's here. It would be rude not to

in Freya's tone, still hoping for her to fall