The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 151

Freya remained silent.

Johanna leaned closer and said, "Freya, look, Leland has apologized. You don't have to take it to heart. Kids say things without weighing their words."

"Johanna, Leland is hardly a child. He's of age now."

That comment left Johanna speechless.

Freya continued, "Let me clarify again while we're on the subject. The Dawson family is under my name. So is the company. Everything Dad left behind, except for the five million you two got and your right to stay in the Dawson family, is mine. If you keep yelling at me, don't blame me for forgetting our years of acquaintance and kicking you two out. I assure you won't win in court." Freya's message was crystal clear.

Leland's face grew darker by the moment, and Johanna's expression turned just as grim. Seeing they both understood the gravity of their situation, Freya turned and walked upstairs.

"What does Freya mean by that?" In anger, Leland slammed his glass onto the floor.

still on the staircase, paused. Leland's outburst

the Dawson family, everything belongs to me. Leland,

upstairs when Johanna held him back, saying,

She's going

was furious. That was their reward after all the

walking over

believe Freya will remain unmarried. Once she joins the Sutton family, she won't have the time or

Johanna had another pressing issue to

million in savings. It wasn't an issue when she had the final say in the company. But then, she wasn't allowed to go

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help, either. Though Freya hadn't exposed the embezzlement, Johanna could

wasn't even enough to send Leland overseas for

in mind, Johanna