The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 78

Freya knew Johanna was on pins and needles.

After all, the following day was the company's final deadline. If Kieran didn't invest, the Dawson Group would be bankrupt. Kieran probably felt the same pressure.

"Okay, I'll head over," Freya said.

Jarrett made way for her, ushering Freya into the car.

As Freya got in, Johanna's previously sycophantic expression cracked into a disdainful sneer. "Putting on airs, are you? Still ended up getting into Mr. Sutton's car, didn't you?" Twenty minutes later, inside the Sutton Mansion, Jarrett welcomed Freya through the grand doors of the Sutton family.

When Freya stepped inside, a wave of familiarity washed over her. In another life, she had slaved away there, shamelessly moving in to look after Kieran and Audrey's every need. Yet, her end had been nothing short of tragic. Every corner of this place bore the marks of her past subservience.

Freya walked in with a blank expression, noticing that the dinner table hadn't been set.

Freya warmly into the living

arrival, his

cozying up to Ronan. And at night, she was

finally made

faring without you these days. I haven't been eating or sleeping well,

from across the room, disagreeing with

a second that

"Audrey, did

craving for fried fish recently. No matter how the chef makes it, he doesn't like it. He always says you make

Freya scoffed. So, this was all about cooking dinner for Kieran. But it

his stomach. Being able

fried fish, with its

something she